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The Missionary

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1982

90 minutes (1 hrs 30 mins)

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Richard Loncraine

Starring

Michael Palin · Maggie Smith · Trevor Howard · Denholm Elliott · Michael Hordern · Graham Crowden

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release: 5th November 1982

Australia release: 21st January 1983

Netherlands release: 4th May 1983

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

Debut box office: 1st Jul '83
Debut position: 5
Highest position: 5
Debut gross: £109.8 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 6

US box office

Box Office debut: 5th Nov '82
Debut position: 5
Highest position: 5
Debut gross: $1.9 Million
Total chart weeks: 5

Chart position history

UK box office

1 Jul, 1983
5

8 Jul, 1983
7

15 Jul, 1983
7

22 Jul, 1983
8

29 Jul, 1983
8

5 Aug, 1983
8

US box office

5 Nov, 1982
5

12 Nov, 1982
5

19 Nov, 1982
10

26 Nov, 1982
9

3 Dec, 1982
9

Global box office

Certificates

US
R

K-16

Total grosses

UK total gross
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£220 Thousand

US total gross
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$7.2 Million

Global total gross
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25thframe.co.uk stats

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Director

Role

Richard Loncraine

Directed By

Maggie
Smith

Timothy
Spall

Actor

Character

Michael Palin

The Reverend Charles Fortescue

Maggie Smith

Lady Isabel Ames

Trevor Howard

Lord Henry Ames

Denholm Elliott

The Bishop

Michael Hordern

Slatterthwaite / Narrator

Graham Crowden

The Reverend Fitzbanks

David Suchet

Corbett

Phoebe Nicholls

Deborah Fitzbanks

Tricia George

Ada

Valerie Whittington

Emmeline

Roland Culver

Lord Fermleigh

Rosamund Greenwood

Lady Fermleigh

Timothy Spall

Parswell

Neil Innes

Singer in Gin Palace

John Barrett

Old Man outside Hotel

Dawn Archibald

Mission Girl

Frances Barber

Mission Girl

Debby Bishop

Mission Girl

Ceri Jackson

Mission Girl

Janine Lesley

Mission Girl

Sasha Mitchell

Mission Girl

Francine Morgan

Mission Girl

Sophie Thompson

Mission Girl

Sally Watkins

Mission Girl

Derrick O'Connor

Gym Trainer

Tony Fawcett

Small Boy at Mudflats

Jason Barr

Small Boy at Mudflats

Edmund Bumstead

Small Boy at Mudflats

David Leland

Long Haired Man at Gin Palace

Anne-Marie Marriott

Emily, Fitzbanks' Maid

Hugh Fraser

Usher at Wedding

Peter Bourke

Best Man at Wedding

Janine Duvitski

Millicent, Ames' Maid

Tilly Vosburgh

Fermleigh's Maid

Arthur Howard

Fermleigh's Butler

Hugh Walters

Fermleigh's Doctor

Julian Curry

Portland, first friend of Raggy Masterson

Charles McKeown

Leicester, second friend of Raggy Masterson

Ishaq Bux

Maharajah

Tony Steedman

Lord Quimby

Damaris Hayman

Lady Quimby

David Dixon

Young Man

Anton Lesser

Young Man

Frank Mills

Sir Cyril Everidge

Yousaf Shah

Maharajah's Boy

John Fortune

Schoolmaster's voice

Derek Lyons

Man on Bicycle

Peter Ross-Murray

Navy Sailor