Directed by:
Tristram PowellScreenplay:
Michael PalinComposer:
Georges DelerueCast:
Fred Pearson, Michael Palin, Alfred Molina, Roger Lloyd Pack, John Nettleton, Trini Alvarado, Alun Armstrong, Connie Booth, Jonathan Firth, Charles Simon (more)Plots(1)
In the 1860s, the Reverend Francis Ashby is a fussy senior tutor at St. John's College, Oxford, who hopes to become head of the college when the aging, near-senile president finally passes on. Before going off on his Swiss holiday, Ashby, a classics scholar, is the picture of the smug, self-satisfied don, content in the celibacy that is required of a man in his position. In the course of his holiday he meets the Misses Caroline Hartley, a handsome, middle-aged American woman, and her beautiful, Irish-born adopted daughter, Elinor. Both women find Ashby immensely attractive and follow him back to Oxford, where Ashby finds himself torn between his desire to take over the presidency of the college and his even stronger desire not to be a bachelor all his life. (Cinemax)
(more)Cast
Fred Pearson
Best movies:
Wives and Daughters (1999) (series)
Priest (1994)
Inspector George Gently (2007) (series)
![Michael Palin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/647/161647256_0ac28d.jpg)
Michael Palin
UK
Best movies:
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982) (theatrical recording)
Life of Brian (1979)
Not the Messiah: He's a Very Naughty Boy (2010) (theatrical recording)
![Alfred Molina](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/778/162778232_cc0818.png)
Alfred Molina
UK
Best movies:
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Dead Man (1995)
Magnolia (1999)
![Roger Lloyd Pack](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/205/163205178_d7285c.png)
Roger Lloyd Pack
UK
Best movies:
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
John Nettleton
UK
Best movies:
A Man for All Seasons (1966)
Foyle's War (2002) (series)
Jinnah (1998)
![Trini Alvarado](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267539_b922ed.jpg)
Trini Alvarado
USA
Best movies:
Little Women (1994)
Little Children (2006)
The Staircase (2022) (series)
![Alun Armstrong](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/774/162774418_4111eb.jpg)
Alun Armstrong
UK
Best movies:
Les Misérables in Concert (1995) (theatrical recording)
Les Misérables in Concert: The 25th Anniversary (2010) (theatrical recording)
Braveheart (1995)
![Connie Booth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276195_aafb38.jpg)
Connie Booth
USA
Best movies:
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
How to Irritate People (1968) (TV movie)
And Now for Something Completely Different (1971)
![Jonathan Firth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/278/278206_da2931.jpg)
Jonathan Firth
UK
Best movies:
Cadfael (1994) (series)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Leprechauns (1999) (TV movie)
![Charles Simon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/559/158559768_156a88.gif)
Charles Simon
UK
Best movies:
Wives and Daughters (1999) (series)
Shadowlands (1993)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
![Arthur Howard](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/540/161540208_06e45a.jpg)
Arthur Howard
UK
Best movies:
The Great Manhunt (1950)
Footsteps in the Fog (1955)
The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968)
![Sheila Reid](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/448/160448040_0b72d3.png)
Sheila Reid
UK
Best movies:
Othello (1965)
The Dresser (1983)
Brazil (1985)
![Simon Jones](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/780/160780287_f06f1c.jpg)
Simon Jones
UK
Best movies:
12 Monkeys (1995)
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)
Brazil (1985)
![David Calder](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/815/161815822_b3f08c.jpg)
David Calder
UK
Best movies:
Rush (2013)
Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003) (TV movie)
United (2011) (TV movie)
![Wensley Pithey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/394/161394603_31145d.jpg)
Wensley Pithey
South Africa
Best movies:
Hell Drivers (1957)
The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953)
Doctor at Large (1957)
Bryan Pringle
UK
Best movies:
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Prime Suspect (1991) (TV movie)
Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1998) (TV movie)
Charles McKeown
Best movies:
Life of Brian (1979)
Brazil (1985)
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
Robert Eddison
Japan
Best movies:
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
American Friends (1991)
Markus Gehrig
Best movies:
Jack the Ripper (1976)
American Friends (1991)