Film

American Friends

1991 · 1h 35m · Comedy · Romance

An education in love

IMDb

6.4

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.

Michael Palin

Rev. Francis Ashby

Trini Alvarado

Elinor Hartley

Connie Booth

Caroline Hartley

Alfred Molina

Oliver Syme

Bryan Pringle

Haskell

Jonathan Firth

Cable

Susan Denaker

Mrs. Cantrell

David Calder

Pollitt

Robert Eddison

Rushden - The President

Simon Jones

Anderson

Fred Pearson

Hapgood

Ian Dunn

Gowers

Charles McKeown

Maynard

Roger Lloyd Pack

Dr. Butler

John Nettleton

Groves

Alun Armstrong

Dr. Weeks

• Tristram PowellWriter · Director
• Michael PalinWriter
• Patrick CassavettiProducer
• Steve AbbottProducer
• Philip Bonham-CarterDirector of Photography
• Georges DelerueOriginal Music Composer
• George AkersEditor
• Irene LambCasting

Release date

March 22, 1991

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

16

Revenue

$23,358

Genres

Comedy, Romance

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