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
as Rev. Francis Ashby
Trini Alvarado
as Elinor Hartley
Connie Booth
as Caroline Hartley
Alfred Molina
as Oliver Syme
Bryan Pringle
as Haskell
Jonathan Firth
as Cable
Susan Denaker
as Mrs. Cantrell
David Calder
as Pollitt
Robert Eddison
as Rushden - The President
Simon Jones
as Anderson
Fred Pearson
as Hapgood
Ian Dunn
as Gowers
