The Gospel According To Vic (Heavenly Pursuits) (1986)

Tom Conti, Helen Mirren, David Hayman, Brian Pettifer, Jennifer Black ... see more  , Dave Anderson , Tom Busby , Sam Graham , Kara Wilson , Robert Paterson , John Mitchell , Juliet Cadzow , Jake D'Arcy , Billy McElhaney , Ron Donachie , Grace Kirby , Lawrie McNicol , Jay Smith , Jenny McCrindle , Carey Wilson

Vic Mathews (Tom Conti) is a Glasgow teacher who works in a Catholic school for backward students. Though the school is named for Edith Semple, a long-dead Scotswoman who supposedly performed several ... read more miracles in her lifetime, Vic is doggedly nonreligious, insisting that it's miracle enough that his students can learn anything. The rest of the faculty hopes to have Edith Semple canonized as a saint, but Vic wants no part of this. After he is diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor, Vic is amazed when the tumor suddenly vanishes, just like...like a miracle. Many other strange happenings occur around Vic, prompting extensive media coverage. Still, Vic steadfastly refuses to believe in divine miracles--which causes no end of trouble with the other teachers, the Vatican authorities, and Vic's new lady friend Helen Mirren. The easy-to-take Gospel According to Vic has also been released as Heavenly Pursuits. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi