American Friends 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.

Cast:

Michael Palin
Rev. Francis Ashby 

Trini Alvarado
Elinor Hartley 

Connie Booth
Caroline Hartley 

Alfred Molina
Oliver Syme 

Bryan Pringle
Haskell 

Jonathan Firth
Cable