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Released
1982 · FILM

The Missionary

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Runtime
90 min
Comedy

Synopsis

In 1905, after 10 years of missionary work in Africa, the Rev. Charles Fortesque is recalled to England, where his bishop gives him his new assignment - to minister to London's prostitutes.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 18

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Paul GreenShot by Peter HannanScored by Mike Moran

Box Office

1982 · Box office

Grossed $7.2M worldwide

Worldwide gross

$7.2M

Worldwide gross$7.2M

Opening weekend: $1.9M 26% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $2.6M36% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 532 theaters

Also known as

  • Der Missionarde
  • El misioneroes
  • Drôle de missionnairefr

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