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The Bostonians

5.5

Released May 01, 1984Runtime 2h 2min

An intimate and exquisite probe of the feminist heart.

A bored lawyer and a suffragette vie for the attention of a faith healer's charismatic daughter.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Merchant Ivory Productions

Production Countries

United Kingdom

United States of America

Finances

Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Profit/Loss: $0

Stream

Rent

Buy

Videos

Cast

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

Nancy NewAdeline

Jon Van NessHenry Burrage

Wallace ShawnMr. Pardon

Peter BogyoMr. Gracie

Martha FarrarMrs. Farrinder

Dusty MaxwellNewton Tarrant

J. Lee MorganMusic Hall Official

De FrenchPatient

Maura MoynihanHenrietta Stackpole

June MitchellMaid

Lee H. DoyleMr. Filer

Janet CiccheseIrish Washerwoman

Scott KradolferTough Boy

Jane MannersMaid

David BeyerOrganist

James HustonPhotographer

Timothy J. RichardDelivery Boy

Crew

James IvoryDirector

David AppletonAssistant Director

Ruth Prawer JhabvalaScreenplay

Henry JamesNovel

Paul BradleyAssociate Producer

Ted MorleyProduction Manager

Michael S. LandesExecutive Producer

Connie KaisermanAssociate Producer

Albert SchwartzExecutive Producer

Ismail MerchantProducer

Walter LassallyDirector of Photography

John BrightCostume Design

Richard EltonSet Decoration

Richard RobbinsOriginal Music Composer

Tom WaldenArt Direction

Don CarpentierArt Direction

Jenny BeavanCostume Design

Leo AustinProduction Design

Katherine WenningEditor

Mark Potter Jr.Editor

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Reviews

There's a lovely line in this otherwise unremarkable adaptation of the Henry James novel from Vanessa Redgrave who announces something along the lines of being eternally grateful for not having the vote! It did make me smile. That, sadly, is about all that did as we trudge through this stylish but ...