Spreading the word
JUST LIKE DENNIS, the mud-gatherer played so memorably by one Michael Palin in Monty Python And The Holy Grail, The Missionary is now 37. Often overlooked in Palin’s CV, is a charming character comedy about an English missionary, the Reverend Charles Fortescue (Palin), who becomes involved with Maggie Smith’s adventurous Lady Ames, and establishes a mission to try to save a group of prostitutes. spoke with Palin about the film that saw him write for the first time without his long-time writing partner, Terry Jones.
