THE
MISSIONARY
With
Michael
Palin,
Maggie
Smith,
Trevor
Howard,
Denholm
Elliott,
Michael
Hordern,
Graham
Crowden,
Phoebe
Nicholls,
Tricia
George
Written
by Michael
Palin
Directed
by Richard
Loncraine
I remember
this
one
from
the
'80s
when
Handmade
Films
released
its
most
prolific
batch
of movies.
During
this
period
many
Monty
Pythons
went
off
to fly
solo.
Terry
Gilliam
made
movies
like
Brazil,
and
Terry
Jones
directed
Erik
The
Viking,
while
John
Cleese
acted
in movies
from
Clockwise
to Privates
On Parade.
The
Missionary
was
one
of Michel
Palin's
solo
roles.
He plays
a missionary
spending
many
years
in Africa,
and
returning
to England
where
he is
to be
married.
But
life
has
a different
course
planned
for
him.
Besides
being
drawn
to another
woman,
he becomes
the
spiritual
patron
at a
new
home
for
women
of ill
repute.
With
this
comes
many
a temptation,
and
he is
but
only
a man!
With
the
expected
British
sense
of humour
and
the
exploration
of stiff
upper
lip
Brit
culture
(so
prevalent
in the
Python
skits),
Palin
is perfect
in the
role.
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/ B
- Paul
Blom
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