American Friends

American Friends

95 mins | Comedy, Romance | March 22, 1991

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.

American Friends

95 mins | Comedy, Romance | March 22, 1991

American Friends
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.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers BBC, Prominent Features, British Screen Productions, Mayday, Millenium
Original title American Friends
Directors Penny Eyles, Tristram Powell
Writers Tristram Powell, Michael Palin

Cast

Michael Palin

as Rev. Francis Ashby

Trini Alvarado

as Elinor Hartley

Connie Booth

as Caroline Hartley

Alfred Molina

as Oliver Syme

Bryan Pringle

as Haskell

Jonathan Firth

as Cable

Susan Denaker

as Mrs. Cantrell

David Calder

as Pollitt

Robert Eddison

as Rushden - The President

Simon Jones

as Anderson

Fred Pearson

as Hapgood

Ian Dunn

as Gowers

Charles McKeown

as Maynard

Roger Lloyd Pack

as Dr. Butler

John Nettleton

as Groves

Alun Armstrong

as Dr. Weeks

Sheila Reid

as Mrs. Weeks