Top billed cast

1. 

   Michael Palin

   The Reverend Charles Fortescue

2. 

   Maggie Smith

   Lady Isabel Ames

3. 

   Trevor Howard

   Lord Henry Ames

4. 

   Denholm Elliott

   The Bishop of London

5. 

   Graham Crowden

   Fitzbanks

6. 

   Phoebe Nicholls

   Deborah Fitzbanks

7. 

   Michael Hordern

   Slatterthewaite/Narrator

8. 

   David Suchet

   Corbett

9. 

   Timothy Spall

   Parswell

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-12-24

Although he does well enough here, I couldn’t ever get the vision of Michael Palin as a sort of “Ripping Yarns” character throughout this pretty weak vehicle for himself and Maggie Smith. It’s the turn of the 20th century and “Fortescue” (Palin) has been brought back to London from Africa by his Bishop (Denholm Elliott) who wants him to get his sleeves rolled up with the women of ill repute who are blighting the city. Of course, it offends his sensibilities somewhat but when he meets the benefactor of this whole enterprise - the married and very wealthy “Lady Isabel” (Smith), h...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$7,241,180.00

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