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.

Eric Idle
as Brian Hope

Robbie Coltrane
as Charlie McManus

Camille Coduri
as Faith

Janet Suzman
as Sister Superior

Doris Hare
as Sister Mary of the Sacred Heart

Lila Kaye
as Sister Mary of the Annunciation

Robert Patterson
as 'Case' Casey

Tom Hickey
as Father Seamus

Winston Dennis
as Morley

Ozzie Yue
as Ernie Wong
kevin2019
"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 ...