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.

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 ...