Heavenly Pursuits

Heavenly Pursuits

92 mins | Drama, Comedy | July 11, 1986

Vic Mathews teaches a remedial class at the Blessed Edith Semple School in Scotland. Some at the school are trying to discover the two more miracles that would promote the late Edith Semple to sainthood; Mathews, a non-believer, wishes the school would concentrate on teaching the children. He becomes confused, however, when he is involved in possibly miraculous events himself! Written by George S. Davis

Heavenly Pursuits

92 mins | Drama, Comedy | July 11, 1986

Heavenly Pursuits
Vic Mathews teaches a remedial class at the Blessed Edith Semple School in Scotland. Some at the school are trying to discover the two more miracles that would promote the late Edith Semple to sainthood; Mathews, a non-believer, wishes the school would concentrate on teaching the children. He becomes confused, however, when he is involved in possibly miraculous events himself! Written by George S. Davis
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers Channel Four Films, Island, National Film Finance Corporation (NFFC)
Original title Heavenly Pursuits
Directors Gus Maclean, Anne Coulter, Clive Reed, Terry Bamber, Charles Gormley
Writers Charles Gormley

Cast

Tom Conti

as Vic Mathews

Helen Mirren

as Ruth Chancellor

David Hayman

as Jeff Jeffries

Ewen Bremner

as Stevie Deans

Brian Pettifer

as Father Cobb

Jennifer Black

as Sister

Dave Anderson

as Headmaster

Juliet Cadzow

as Woman Teacher

Ron Donachie

as Big Man in Bar

Robert W. Carr

as Night Editor

Moica Brady

as Radiologist

Christopher Thomas Bryant

as Child in Vic's Class

Tom Busby

as Monseigneur Brusse

Doreen Cameron

as Nurse

Fiona Chalmers

as Child in Vic's Class

Margo Croan

as Woman at Bus Stop

Ann-Marie D'Agostino

as Child in Vic's Class

Jake D'Arcy

as Wee Man at Bar

Bill Denniston

as Bishop

Mel Donald

as 1st Man at Bus Stop

Louise Duncan

as Child in Vic's Class

William Fox

as Child in Vic's Class

John Fraser

as Child in Vic's Class

James Gibb

as MacArthur

Sam Graham

as Doctor Knox

Michael Honan

as Child in Vic's Class

Grace Kirby

as French Teacher

Jeni Maxwell

as Child in Vic's Class

Phillip Maxwell

as Wee Mike

Ronnie McCann

as Boy on Roof

David McCormack

as James

Jenny McCrindle

as Carole Adams

Billy McElhaney

as Reporter 2

David McKail

as Consultant

Lawrie McNicol

as Reporter 1

Sarah Miller

as Child in Vic's Class

Mitch Mitchell

as Gibbons

John Mitchell

as 2nd Man at Bus Stop

Susan Nisbet

as Child in Vic's Class

Paul Nolan

as Robbie

Robert Paterson

as Mackrimmond

Kate Sandison

as Child in Vic's Class

Tony Curran

as Child in Vic's Class

John Shedden

as Dentist

Jay Smith

as Photographer

Carey Wilson

as Education Officer

Kara Wilson

as Registrar McAllister

Pamela Wright

as Child in Vic's Class

Gordon Jackson

as Himself (Uncredited)