Nuns on the Run (1990)

5.9/10 89 min Comedy Crime

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.

Cast

Eric Idle

Brian Hope

Robbie Coltrane

Charlie McManus

Camille Coduri

Faith

Janet Suzman

Sister Superior

Doris Hare

Sister Mary of the Sacred Heart

Lila Kaye

Sister Mary of the Annunciation

Tom Hickey

Father Seamus

Ozzie Yue

Ernie Wong

Robert Morgan

Abbott

Colin Campbell

Norm

David Forman

Henry Ho

Helen FitzGerald

Tracey

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