The Bostonians (1984)

05/01/1984Drama, Romance2h 2m
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An intimate and exquisite probe of the feminist heart.

Overview

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

Top Billed Cast

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    Christopher Reeve

    Basil Ransome

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    Vanessa Redgrave

    Olive Chancellor

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    Jessica Tandy

    Miss Birdseye

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    Madeleine Potter

    Verena Tarrant

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    Nancy Marchand

    Mrs. Burrage

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    Wesley Addy

    Dr. Tarrant

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    Barbara Bryne

    Mrs. Tarrant

  8. Cast 1

    Linda Hunt

    Dr. Prance

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    Charles McCaughan

    Music Hall Policeman

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 turgid story of the embryonic American suffragette movement. Amidst this struggle for enfranchisement, the bright "Verena" (Madeleine Potter) is facing the affections of the more traditional "Basil" (Christopher Reeve), himself a man who she ought to have little time for. Might there be the slightest...

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Original LanguageEnglish 

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