The story
Francis Ashby, a senior Oxford don on holiday alone in the Alps, meets holidaying American Caroline and her companion Elinor, the blossoming Irish-American girl she adopted many years before. Ashby finds he enjoys their company, particularly that of Elinor, and both the women are drawn to him. Back at Oxford he is nevertheless taken aback when they arrive unannounced. Women are not allowed in the College grounds, let alone the rooms. Indeed any liaison, however innocent, is frowned on by the upstanding Fellows.
Cast & crew
Michael PalinRev. Francis Ashby
Trini AlvaradoElinor Hartley
Connie BoothCaroline Hartley
Alfred MolinaOliver Syme
Bryan PringleHaskell
Jonathan FirthCable
Susan DenakerMrs. Cantrell
David CalderPollitt
Robert EddisonRushden - The President
Simon JonesAnderson
Fred PearsonHapgoodIan Dunn
Ian DunnGowersExplore the crew
- Director
- Tristram Powell
- Writer
- Michael Palin
- Writer
- Tristram Powell
- Producer
- Steve Abbott
- Producer
- Patrick Cassavetti
- Director of Photography
- Philip Bonham-Carter
- Editor
- George Akers
- Original Music Composer
- Georges Delerue