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Summary
A bored lawyer and a suffragette vie for the attention of a faith healer's charismatic daughter.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Drop-in friendly
Skip it if
- You want fast pacing
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+19)
Critics 70Audiences 51GoodWatch 61
Tomatometer81%
Metascore59
IMDb6.1
User score5.6
Audience score36%
Running time
2 h 2 min
A typical length for dramas, +13 min on the typical 109
typical 109122Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 12 countries, rent or buy in 1 more
+2Released
1984
May 1, 1984
42 years ago
Genres
DramaRomanceLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Academy Awards1985
- Actress in a Leading Role1985Nominated
- Costume Design1985Nominated
and 8 more26 people
- Christopher ReeveBasil Ransome
- Vanessa RedgraveOlive Chancellor
- Jessica TandyMiss Birdseye
- Madeleine PotterVerena Tarrant
- Nancy MarchandMrs. Burrage
- Wesley AddyDr. Tarrant
- Barbara BryneMrs. Tarrant
- Linda HuntDr. Prance
Charles McCaughanMusic Hall Policeman- NNNancy NewAdeline
Jon Van NessHenry Burrage
Wallace ShawnMr. Pardon- PBPeter BogyoMr. Gracie
- MFMartha FarrarMrs. Farrinder
- DMDusty MaxwellNewton Tarrant
- JLJ. Lee MorganMusic Hall Official
- DFDe FrenchPatient
- MMMaura MoynihanHenrietta Stackpole
- JMJune MitchellMaid
- LHLee H. DoyleMr. Filer
- JCJanet CiccheseIrish Washerwoman
- SKScott KradolferTough Boy
- JMJane MannersMaid
- DBDavid BeyerOrganist
Directing · 2
- James Ivory Director
- David Appleton Assistant Director
Writing · 2
- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Screenplay
- Henry James Novel
Production · 6
- Albert Schwartz Executive Producer
- Michael S. Landes Executive Producer
- Ismail Merchant Producer
- Paul Bradley Associate Producer
- Connie Kaiserman Associate Producer
- Ted Morley Production Manager
Camera · 1
- Walter Lassally Director of Photography
Editing · 2
- Mark Potter Jr. Editor
- Katherine Wenning Editor
Sound · 1
- Richard Robbins Original Music Composer
Art · 4
- Leo Austin Production Design
- Tom Walden Art Direction
- Don Carpentier Art Direction
- Richard Elton Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up · 2
- Jenny Beavan Costume Design
- John Bright Costume Design
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