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Bostonians (The)

Country: UK | USA, Language: English, 122 mins

  • Director: James Ivory
  • Writer: Henry James; Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
  • Producer: Paul Bradley; Connie Kaiserman

CGiii Comment

Plodding period piece with an overly-laboured script.

Fine acting and production values do not always make for a great film - this isn't even good.

The story goes nowhere and could have been, quite easily, an effective 15 minute short.


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The(ir) Blurb...

19th-century Boston woman dedicated to the suffrage movement, meets a faith healer's daughter, a Mississippi lawyer also has eyes for the young woman.

Cast & Characters

Christopher Reeve as Basil Ransome;
Vanessa Redgrave as Olive Chancellor;
Jessica Tandy as Miss Birdseye;
Madeleine Potter as Verena Tarrant;
Nancy Marchand as Mrs. Burrage;
Wesley Addy as Dr. Tarrant;
Barbara Bryne as Mrs. Tarrant;
Linda Hunt as Dr. Prance;
Charles McCaughan as Music Hall Policeman;
Nancy New as Adeline;
Jon Van Ness as Henry Burrage;
Wallace Shawn as Mr. Pardon;
Peter Bogyo as Mr. Gracie;
Martha Farrar as Mrs, Farrinder;
Dusty Maxwell as Newton Tarrant