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Nuns on the Run

  • 6.0 /10

  • 145

  • 42%

Plot

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.

Cast

Eric Idle as Brian Hope
Eric Idle

as Brian Hope

Robbie Coltrane as Charlie McManus
Robbie Coltrane

as Charlie McManus

Camille Coduri as Faith
Camille Coduri

as Faith

Janet Suzman as Sister Superior
Janet Suzman

as Sister Superior

Doris Hare as Sister Mary of the Sacred Heart
Doris Hare

as Sister Mary of the Sacred Heart

Lila Kaye as Sister Mary of the Annunciation
Lila Kaye

as Sister Mary of the Annunciation

Robert Patterson as 'Case' Casey
Robert Patterson

as 'Case' Casey

Tom Hickey as Father Seamus
Tom Hickey

as Father Seamus

Winston Dennis as Morley
Winston Dennis

as Morley

Ozzie Yue as Ernie Wong
Ozzie Yue

as Ernie Wong

Movie Facts

Rated

  • PG-13

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • March 16, 1990

Production Companies

  • Handmade Films

  • 20th Century Fox

Production Countries

  • United Kingdom

Spoken Language

  • English

  • 广州话 / 廣州話

Budget

  • $10,959,015.00

Revenue

  • -

Runtime

  • 1.48 hrs

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"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 moment…