From now on, it's every nun for himself!
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.
- 5.8
- 1990
- Released
- 1h 29m
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
Robert Patterson
'Case' Casey
Tom Hickey
Father SeamusWinston Dennis
Morley
Ozzie Yue
Ernie Wong
Robert Morgan
Abbott
Colin Campbell
NormRichard Simpson
Mr. NorrisNicholas Hewetson
LouisGary Tang
Ronnie ChangNigel Fan
Dwayne LeeTatiana Strauss
Michelle
Helen FitzGerald
TraceyStewart Harwood
Faith's FatherPeter Geeves
Faith's Brother
Irene Marot
Hysterical Bank Manageress
Craig Crosbie
Policeman in Car ParkFred Haggerty
GatekeeperMichael Beint
Bewildered PolicemanTex Fuller
Taxi Driver
Lee Simpson
Policeman with Radio
Julie Graham
Casino Waitress
Dan Hildebrand
Casino ManagerJoanne Campbell
Ward NurseGedren Heller
Chemist Shop AssistantDavid Becalick
Police Sergeant
Aran Bell
Police ConstableWabei Siyolwe
JulieBritt Horrow
Hospital ReceptionistFrancine Walker
Tied-Up NurseShirley Anne Selby
Tied-Up NurseJennifer Hall
Airport Ticket GirlJohn Phythian
Airport Policeman
Released
en
$10,959,015.00
- #nun
- #gangster
- #drug trafficking
- #stolen money
- #chinese mafia
- #crook couple
- #flight
- #crook
- #money
- #on the run
- #hospital
- #peekaboo
- #monastery
- #hoodlum
Reviews
"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