Nuns on the Run (1990)

PG-1303/16/1990Comedy, Crime1h 29m
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From now on, it's every nun for himself!

Overview

Brian and Charlie work for a gangster. When the boss learns they want to "leave" he sets them up to be killed, after they help rob the local Triads of their drug dealing profits. Brian and Charlie decides to steal the money for themselves, but when their escape doesn't go to plan, they have to seek refuge in a Nuns' teacher training school.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Eric Idle

    Brian Hope

  2. Cast 1

    Robbie Coltrane

    Charlie McManus

  3. Cast 1

    Camille Coduri

    Faith

  4. Cast 1

    Janet Suzman

    Sister Superior

  5. Cast 1

    Doris Hare

    Sister Mary of the Sacred Heart

  6. Cast 1

    Lila Kaye

    Sister Mary of the Annunciation

  7. Robert Patterson

    'Case' Casey

  8. Cast 1

    Tom Hickey

    Father Seamus

  9. Winston Dennis

    Morley

"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 ...