Priest

Priest

98 mins | Drama, Romance | March 24, 1995

Father Greg Pilkington is torn between his call as a conservative Catholic priest and his secret life as a homosexual with a gay lover, frowned upon by the Church. Upon hearing the confession of a young girl of her incestuous father, Greg enters an intensely emotional spiritual struggle deciding between choosing morals over religion and one life over another.

Priest

98 mins | Drama, Romance | March 24, 1995

Priest
Father Greg Pilkington is torn between his call as a conservative Catholic priest and his secret life as a homosexual with a gay lover, frowned upon by the Church. Upon hearing the confession of a young girl of her incestuous father, Greg enters an intensely emotional spiritual struggle deciding between choosing morals over religion and one life over another.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Miramax, BBC Films, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Original title Priest
Directors Antonia Bird
Writers Jimmy McGovern

Cast

Linus Roache

as Father Greg Pilkington

Tom Wilkinson

as Father Matthew Thomas

Robert Carlyle

as Graham

Cathy Tyson

as Maria Kerrigan

Lesley Sharp

as Mrs. Unsworth

Robert Pugh

as Mr. Unsworth

Christine Tremarco

as Lisa Unsworth

James Ellis

as Father Ellerton

Anthony Booth

as Tommy

Paul Barber

as Charlie

Rio Fanning

as Bishop

Marsha Thomason

as Nurse

Bill Dean

as Altar Boy

Gilly Coman

as Ellie Molloy

Fred Pearson

as Patrick

Jimmy Gallagher

as Mick Molloy

Matyelok Gibbs

as Housekeeper

John Bennett

as Father Redstone

Mandy Walsh

as Guest at wake

Valerie Lilley

as Sister Kevin

Kevin Knapman

as Boy at Beach

Mauricio Venegas

as Chilean band leader

Jimmy Coleman

as Funeral Director (as Jim R. Coleman)

Kim Johnson

as Mrs. Gobshite

Keith Cole

as Mr. Gobshite