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16/03/1990 Comedy, Crime 1h 29m
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From now on, it's every nun for himself!

Overview

Set up by their boss to be knocked off following a final heist, soon-to-retire crooks Brian Hope and Charlie McManus get wind of their impending demise and run off with the spoils of their crime. Fleeing their boss, the drug dealers they robbed, the police, and Brian's angry girlfriend, the duo take refuge in a training convent for nuns. In disguise, they convince Sister Superior that they're nuns, a charade they're forced to maintain as their enemies arrive.

  1. Jonathan Lynn

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Eric Idle

    Brian Hope

  2. Robbie Coltrane

    Charlie McManus

  3. Camille Coduri

    Faith

  4. Janet Suzman

    Sister Superior

  5. Doris Hare

    Sister Mary of the Sacred Heart

  6. Lila Kaye

    Sister Mary of the Annunciation

  7. Robert Patterson

    'Case' Casey

  8. Tom Hickey

    Father Seamus

  9. Winston Dennis

    Morley

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Reviews

A review by kevin2019
Written by kevin2019 on 2025-07-04
"Nuns on the Run" is a tremendously fun film from the very beginning. The humour is consistently funny, the fast pace is effortlessly and enthusiastically maintained throughout, and it somehow manages to effectively poke fun at assorted aspects of organised religion without actually angering anyone by being outright insulting. The humour works splendidly and it is often spiced up with some moments of cheeky sauce that again fails to be offensive just like the necessary religious elements of the film which could have been considered downright objectionable and in very poor taste indeed by some ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$10,959,015.00

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