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Nuns on the Run

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

5.9(165)19901h 29m3

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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Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
$11M
Language
Cantonese
  • nun
  • gangster
  • drug trafficking
  • stolen money
  • chinese mafia
  • crook couple
  • flight
  • crook
  • money
  • on the run
  • hospital
  • peekaboo

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United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalPG-1316 Mar 1990
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical124 May 1990
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1228 Jun 1990
  • IrelandIE

    • Theatrical12A4 May 1990

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Nuns on the Run was released on 16 March 1990.

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    kevin2019

    7/4/2025

    8/10

    "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 tha…

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