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Nuns on the Run (Original title)
Date: 04 May 1990 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Jonathan Lynn

Synopsis: Comedy in which two petty gangsters are motivated by fear to dress as nuns, whilst they are being chased by two rival mob gangs.

Genres:
Comedy, Crime

Subjects:
Drag, Robberies
Releases
Date: 04 May 1990Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Agfacolor - Sound - DolbyRuntime: 92 mins Length: 8279 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Palace Pictures

Credits (52)
Production Company: HandMade Films, Executive Producer: George Harrison, Executive Producer: Denis O'Brien, Producer: Michael White, Co-producer: Simon Bosanquet, Production Manager: Mary Richards, Production Co-ordinator: Patsy De Lord, Location Manager: Nick Daubeny, Production Assistant: Edward Lynn, Assistant Director: David Brown, Assistant Director: Gus Maclean, Neil Calder, Casting: Mary Selway, Screenplay: Jonathan Lynn, Director of Photography: Mike Garfath, Camera Operator: Neil Binney, Special Effects Supervisor: John Evans, Special Effects Technician: Digby Milner, Barry Whitrod, Editor: David Martin, Production Designer: Simon Holland, Art Director: Clinton Cavers, Set Decorator: Michael Seirton, Draughtsperson: Peter Russell, Costume Designer: Sue Yelland, Wardrobe Supervisor: Patrick Wheatley, Make-up Artist: Joan Hills, Make-up Supervisor: Pat Hay, Title Design: Plume Partners, Title/Opticals: Optical Partnership, Additional Opticals: General Screen Enterprises, Music: Hidden Faces, Music Supervisor: Frank Fitzpatrick, Music Editor: Segue Music, Sound Recording: Tony Jackson, Sound Re-recording: Robin O'Donoghue, Sound Editor: Budge Tremlett, Dialogue Editor: Jupiter Sen, Footsteps Editor: Stanley Fiferman, Stunt Co-ordinator: Martin Grace, Stunts: Andy Bradford, Stunts: Gabe Cronnelly, Stunts: Tom Delmar, Stunts: Val Musetti, Stunts: Greg Powell, Stunts: Eddie Powell, Stunts: Roy Scammell, Stunts: Rocky Taylor, Stunts: Bill Weston, Basketball Adviser: Mark Hubbard, Studio: Shepperton Studios
Cast (41)
Eric Idle (Brian Hope/flight attendant), Robbie Coltrane (Charlie McManus/flight attendant), Camille Coduri (Faith), Janet Suzman (Mother Superior), Doris Hare (Sister Mary of the Sacred Heart), Lila Kaye (Sister Mary of the Annunciation), Robert Patterson ('Case' Casey), Robert Morgan (Abbott), Winston Dennis (Morley), Tom Hickey (Father Seamus), Colin Campbell (Norm), Richard Simpson (Mr Norris), Nicholas Hewetson (Louis), Gary Tang (Ronnie Chang), David Forman (Henry Ho), Nigel Tan (Dwayne Lee), Ozzie Yue (Ernie Wong), Tatiana Strauss (Michelle), Wabeisiy Olwe (Julie), Helen Fitzgerald (Tracey), Stewart Harwood (Faith's father), Peter Geeves (Faith's brother), Irene Marot (hysterical bank manager), Louis Mellis (bank security guard), Craig Crosbie (policeman in car park), Fred Haggerty (gatekeeper), Michael Beint (bewildered policeman), Tex Fuller (taxi driver), Lee Simpson (policeman with radio), Oliver Parker (doctor), Julie Graham (casino waitress), Dan Hilderbrand (casino manager), Joanne Campbell (ward nurse), Gedren Heller (chemist shop assistant), Britt Morrow (hospital receptionist), David Becalick (police sergeant), Aran Bell (police constable), Francine Walker, Shirley-Anne Selby (tied-up nurse), Jennifer Hall (airport ticket girl), John Phythian (airport policeman)