to help her find Vic, and the two rush off to the railway station, where Ruth and Vic unite in a loving embrace. Robbie stumbles into a crowd and is forced onto a red carpet just as Princess Diana approaches. A photographer hands Robbie some flowers and he offers them to the princess as the worldwide press photographers capture the moment. Vic and Ruth leave by train to bring another "special" student back to school. Cast Tom Conti as Vic Mathews Helen Mirren as Ruth Chancellor David Hayman as Jeff Jeffries Brian Pettifer as Father Cobb Jennifer Black as Sister Dave Anderson as Headmaster Moica Brady as Radiologist Ewen Bremner as Stevie Deans Tom Busby as Brusse Juliet Cadzow as Woman Teacher Doreen Cameron as Nurse Robert W. Carr as Night Editor Fiona Chalmers as Child in Vic's Class Margo Croan as Woman at Bus Stop Jake D'Arcy as Wee Man in Bar Bill Denniston as Bishop Ron Donachie as Big Man in Bar Mel Donald as 1st Man at Bus Stop James Gibb as MacArthur Sam Graham as Doctor Knox Grace Kirby as French Teacher Phillip J. Maxwell as Wee Mike Ronnie McCann as Boy on Roof David McCormack as James Jenny McCrindle as Carole Adams Billy McElhaney as Reporter 2 David McKail as Consultant Lawrie McNicol as Reporter 1 John Mitchell as Gibbons Sandy Neilson as 2nd Man at Bus Stop Paul Nolan as Robbie Robert Peterson as MacKrimmond John Shedden as Dentist Jay Smith as Photographer Carey Wilson as Education Officer Kara Wilson as Registrar McAllister Production Filming locations Gospel According to Vic was filmed in various locations throughout Glasgow, Scotland. Glasgow Cathedral St. Alphonsus Church Queen's Park School Glasgow Herald Glasgow City Chambers (representing the Vatican) Glasgow Queen Street railway station Reception Gospel According to Vic received positive reviews upon its theatrical release in the United States. In her review in the Washington Post, Rita Kempley called it "a comedy of marvels great and small, proves a timely answer to a moviegoer's prayers." She compared this "sweet-natured and idiosyncratic work" to some of Bill Forsyth's best films. She lauded Tom Conti's performance with his "perfect timing and rumpled magnetism." Kempley concludes, "There's always room for doubt in this delightfully quirky screenplay, with its grumbling atheists and gosh-almighty faithful. Gormley needs no special effects to create his aura of heavenly intervention, relying instead on ambiguous incidents and