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Nuns on the Run

Comedy · Crime

Nuns on the Run

From now on, it's every nun for himself!

5.9(162) 3/16/1990 1h 29m
ComedyCrime

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.

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Top Cast

Eric Idle

Eric Idle

Brian Hope

Robbie Coltrane

Robbie Coltrane

Charlie McManus

Camille Coduri

Camille Coduri

Faith

Janet Suzman

Janet Suzman

Sister Superior

Doris Hare

Doris Hare

Sister Mary of the Sacred Heart

Lila Kaye

Lila Kaye

Sister Mary of the Annunciation

RP

Robert Patterson

'Case' Casey

Tom Hickey

Tom Hickey

Father Seamus

Directed by

Jonathan Lynn

Production

Reviews

kevin2019

8/10

7/4/2025

"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 people. This film is also provided with an additional boost of energy by the music of Swiss electronic band "Yello" and in particular by the terrific ex-Beatle George Harrison, but overall this is an

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