Top billed cast

1. 

   Christopher Reeve

   Basil Ransome

2. 

   Vanessa Redgrave

   Olive Chancellor

3. 

   Jessica Tandy

   Miss Birdseye

4. 

   Madeleine Potter

   Verena Tarrant

5. 

   Nancy Marchand

   Mrs. Burrage

6. 

   Wesley Addy

   Dr. Tarrant

7. 

   Barbara Bryne

   Mrs. Tarrant

8. 

   Linda Hunt

   Dr. Prance

9. 

   Charles McCaughan

   Music Hall Policeman

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-05-23

There's a lovely line in this otherwise unremarkable adaptation of the Henry James novel from Vanessa Redgrave who announces something along the lines of being eternally grateful for not having the vote! It did make me smile. That, sadly, is about all that did as we trudge through this stylish but turgid story of the embryonic American suffragette movement. Amidst this struggle for enfranchisement, the bright "Verena" (Madeleine Potter) is facing the affections of the more traditional "Basil" (Christopher Reeve), himself a man who she ought to have little time for. Might there be the slightest...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• boston, massachusetts
• lawyer
• feminist
• post civil war
• 19th century