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Director:
Jud Taylor
Writers:
Dorothy Salisbury Davis (novel)
Ivan Davis (writer)
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Release Date:
28 January 1987 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Mystery | Romance more
Plot:
A ghetto priest has doubts about his calling and when he gives the last rites to a murder victim, he decides to help the man's girlfriend find his killers. full summary | add synopsis
User Comments:
Worth seeing due to an unusual performance by Tommy Lee Jones more

Cast

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Tommy Lee Jones ... Pater Joseph McMahon
Annette O'Toole ... Nana Marie 'Nim' Fitzpatrick

M. Emmet Walsh ... Detective Mulligan
Milo O'Shea ... Monsignor Casey
David Groh ... Michael Drumm
Madeleine Sherwood ... Mrs. Chase
Jean De Baer ... Gene Drumm

David Strathairn ... Stuart Chase

Frances Fisher ... Maureen Phelan
Peter Crombie ... Dan Phelan
Anthony LaGuerre ... Carlos
Sylvia Short ... Miss Lalor

Richard Dumont ... Father Purdy
Andrew Nichols ... Boy in Confession
Joseph Drblik ... Conductor
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Additional Details

Runtime:
USA:95 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Iceland:L | Australia:M
Filming Locations:
Montréal, Québec, Canada

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5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful:-
Worth seeing due to an unusual performance by Tommy Lee Jones, 23 November 1998
Author: ereyna from Chicago

In Broken Vows, Tommy Lee Jones plays a shy, diffident Catholic priest who arrives at a crime scene just in time to give the last rites to the victim (David Straitharn). Intrigued by the slain man's last words, Jones sets out to find out more about him and the circumstances leading to his murder. For the first time, he ventures outside of the sheltered and ritualized world of the priesthood in which he has become immured and begins to meet people from all walks of life. In the course of his investigation, Jones meets the slain man's girlfriend, played by Annette O'Toole. The two immediately strike sparks off one another and an awkward, lively and tender relationship develops between the two. In a departure from his usual blustery macho roles, Tommy Lee Jones is in fine form as a young priest whose entire world is shaken as a consequence of a chance encounter with a dying man. The manner of man's death reawakens Jones' intellect and sensuality. For the first time, he questions the dogma that rules his circumscribed life and partakes of the life that exists beyond the doors of his church.

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