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Year: 1982
Genre: Film
Channel: Film4
Running Time: 83 minutes
Available from: 1 Nov 2021
Removed: 5 Apr 2023

Classic British comedy with Michael Palin and Maggie Smith. A missionary is assigned to minister to 'fallen women' in the East End of London, but has his eyes opened to another side of life.

Cast and Crew

Director: Richard Loncraine
Cast: Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, Trevor Howard, Denholm Elliott, Michael Hordern, Graham Crowden, David Suchet, Phoebe Nicholls, Tricia George, Valerie Whittington, Roland Culver, Rosamund Greenwood, Timothy Spall, Neil Innes, John Barrett, Dawn Archibald, Frances Barber, Debby Bishop, Ceri Jackson, Janine Lesley, Sasha Mitchell, Francine Morgan, Sophie Thompson, Sally Watkins, Derrick O'Connor, Tony Fawcett, Jason Barr, Edmund Bumstead, David Leland, Anne-Marie Marriott, Hugh Fraser, Peter Bourke, Janine Duvitski, Tilly Vosburgh, Arthur Howard, Hugh Walters, Julian Curry, Charles McKeown, Ishaq Bux, Tony Steedman, Damaris Hayman, David Dixon, Anton Lesser, Frank Mills, Yousaf Shah, John Fortune
Writer: Michael Palin

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