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Mr. Pye

Mar 2, 1986

3h 12m

★ 0.0

Overview

Mr. Pye is a missionary whose mission to spread God's love on the tiny English Channel island of Sark faces supernatural setbacks in this comic fantasy from the author of Gormenghast.

Genres

Comedy

Fantasy

Production Companies

Channel 4 Television

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Cast

Mr. Pye

Derek Jacobi

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Judy Parfitt

Miss George

Betty Marsden

Thorpe

Richard O'Callaghan

Tanty

Robin McCaffrey

Major Havershot

Ralph Nossek

Mrs. Rice

Amanda Reiss

Mr. Rice

Howard Lew Lewis

Mrs. Porter

Sarah Dawson

Mr. Porter

Michael Turner

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Bill Monks

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