The Mission

1986 125 min Adventure, Drama, Action, History

When a Spanish Jesuit goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of converting the Indians of the region, a slave hunter is converted and joins his mission. When Spain sells the colony to Portugal, they are forced to defend all they have built against the Portuguese aggressors.

budget $24,500,000 earnings $17,200,000 return 0.7x

director Roland Joffé

writer Robert Bolt