The Missionary
In 1905, after 10 years of missionary work in Africa, the Rev. Charles Fortesque is recalled to England, where his bishop gives him his new assignment - to minister to London's prostitutes.
Genres
Comedy
Studio
Handmade Films
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Missionary performed
Budget
N/A
Worldwide Gross
$7.2M
Gross Profit
N/A
Return
N/A
Opening Wknd (est.)
$1M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~45/55, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (32% of the domestic run, typical for Comedy) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Cast
The Reverend Charles Fortescue
Michael Palin
The Reverend Charles Fortescue
Lady Isabel Ames
Maggie Smith
Lady Isabel Ames
Lord Henry Ames
Trevor Howard
Lord Henry Ames
The Bishop of London
Denholm Elliott
The Bishop of London
Fitzbanks
Graham Crowden
Fitzbanks
Deborah Fitzbanks
Phoebe Nicholls
Deborah Fitzbanks
Slatterthewaite/Narrator
Michael Hordern
Slatterthewaite/Narrator
Corbett
David Suchet
Corbett
Parswell
Timothy Spall
Parswell
Ada
Tricia George
Ada
Emmeline
Valerie Whittington
Emmeline
Lord Fermleigh
Roland Culver
Lord Fermleigh
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