“The Missionary”

''Go out amongst the prostitutes, Fortescue,'' he says. ''Find out what they do and why they do it, and stop them from doing it.'' This is more or less the beginning of ''The Missionary,'' a charming, buoyant new English comedy that tells how the Rev. Charles Fortescue (Michael Palin), sins his way to happiness among the idle, exhausted rich and the busy, exhausted poor of post-Victorian Britain.

New York Times

 
The original trailer in high definition of The Missionary directed by Richard Loncraine and starring Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, Trevor Howard, Denholm Elliott and Michael Hordern.
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