American Friends (1993)
- Starring:
- Michael Palin, Trini Alvarado, (more)
- Director(s):
- Tristram Powell
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
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Monty Python's Michael Palin plays an Oxford don with acute female trouble in American Friends. While on holiday in the Swiss Alps, Palin crosses the path of American tourist Connie Booth and her adopted daughter Trini Alvarado. Both women express an inordinate desire for the bookish Palin, leading to profound changes in the lives of all concerned. Michael Palin insists that the plot of American Friends was drawn from an actual incident in the life of his own great-grandfather. The film unfolds like a good novel; slow on the uptake, but fascinating once it gets going. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Michael Palin - Reverend Francis Ashby
- Connie Booth - Miss Caroline Hartley
- David Calder - Pollitt
- Robert Eddison - William Granger Rushden, College Presiden
- Sheila Reid - Mrs. Weeks
- Bryan Pringle - Haskell
- Arthur Howard - Voe
- Charles Simon - Canon Harper
- Charles McKeown - Maynard
- Fred Pearson - Hapgood
- Trini Alvarado - Miss Elinor Hartley
- Alfred Molina - Oliver Syme
- Simon Jones - Anderson
- Alun Armstrong - Doctor Victor Weeks
- Edward Rawle-Hicks - John Weeks
- John Nettleton - Reverend Groves
- Jimmy Jewel - Ashby Senior
- Susan Denaker - Mrs. Cantrell
- Roger Lloyd Pack - Doctor Butler
- Wensley Pithey - Cave
- Director(s):
- Tristram Powell
- Writer(s):
- Michael Palin, Tristram Powell
- Producer(s):
- Steve Abbott, Patrick Cassavetti, Pierre Cottrell
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Nudity, Questionable for Children, Strong Sexual Content, Adult Situations)
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