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Whoopi Goldberg | ... |
Deloris
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Maggie Smith | ... |
Mother Superior
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Harvey Keitel | ... |
Vince LaRocca
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Bill Nunn | ... |
Eddie Souther
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Mary Wickes | ... |
Mary Lazarus
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Kathy Najimy | ... |
Mary Patrick
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Wendy Makkena | ... |
Mary Robert
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Joseph Maher | ... |
Bishop O'Hara
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Richard Portnow | ... |
Willy
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Ellen Albertini Dow | ... |
Choir Nun
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Carmen Zapata | ... |
Choir Nun
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Pat Crawford Brown | ... |
Choir Nun
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Prudence Wright Holmes | ... |
Choir Nun
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Georgia Creighton | ... |
Choir Nun
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Susan Johnson | ... |
Choir Nun
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Ruth Kobart | ... |
Choir Nun
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Susan Browning | ... |
Choir Nun
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Darlene Koldenhoven | ... |
Choir Nun
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Sheri Izzard | ... |
Choir Nun
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Edith Diaz | ... |
Choir Nun
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Beth Fowler | ... |
Choir Nun
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Rose Parenti | ... |
Sister Alma
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Robert Miranda | ... |
Joey
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Jim Beaver | ... |
Clarkson
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Jenifer Lewis | ... |
Michelle
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Charlotte Crossley | ... |
Tina
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A.J. Johnson | ... |
Lewanda
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Desreta Jackson | ... |
Teenage Girl #1
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Zatella Beatty | ... |
Teenage Girl #2
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Skye Bassett | ... |
Teenage Girl #3
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Lois De Banzie | ... |
Immaculata
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Isis Carmen Jones | ... |
Little Deloris
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Max Grodénchik | ... |
Ernie
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Joseph G. Medalis | ... |
Henry Parker
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Michael Durrell | ... |
Larry Merrick
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Robert Jimenez | ... |
News Reporter
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Toni Kalem | ... |
Connie LaRocca
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Kevin Bourland | ... |
Pilot
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David Boyce | ... |
Croupier
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Tim Pedegana | ... |
Gambler
(as Timothy J. Pedegana)
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Terry Wills | ... |
Salesman
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David Parker | ... |
Bartender
(as David M. Parker)
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Nicky Katt | ... |
Waiter
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Mike Jolly | ... |
Biker #1
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Jeremy Roberts | ... |
Biker #2
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Eugene Greytak | ... |
The Pope
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Al Finney | ... |
Dog
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Guy Boyd | ... |
Det. Tate (uncredited)
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Stephen Douglas Butler | ... |
Bar Patron (uncredited)
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Aric Cushing | ... |
Student (uncredited)
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James Donovan | ... |
Church Goer (uncredited)
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Jacquelyn Twodat Jackson | ... |
Casino player (uncredited)
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Alexander Kanellakos | ... |
Bar Patron (uncredited)
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Mário Lara | ... |
Parishioner (uncredited)
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Terriel Lara | ... |
Nun (uncredited)
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Zara McDowell | ... |
Child (uncredited)
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Gary Rodriguez | ... |
Bar Patron (uncredited)
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Directed by
Emile Ardolino | ... | (directed by) |
Written by
Paul Rudnick | ... | (written by) (as Joseph Howard) |
Produced by
Cindy Gilmore | ... | associate producer |
Mario Iscovich | ... | co-producer |
Scott Rudin | ... | executive producer |
Teri Schwartz | ... | producer (produced by) |
Music by
Marc Shaiman | ... | (original music by) |
Cinematography by
Adam Greenberg | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
Colleen Halsey | ... | film editor |
Richard Halsey | ... | (edited by) |
Editorial Department
Dale E. Grahn | ... | color timer |
Neil Kirk | ... | assistant editor |
Theresa Repola Mohammed | ... | negative cutter |
Claudius Neal | ... | HD Remastering Colorist / Todd AO (uncredited) |
Casting By
Lynda Gordon | ... | (casting by) |
Judy Taylor | ... | (casting by) |
Production Design by
Jackson De Govia |
Art Direction by
Eve Cauley |
Set Decoration by
Thomas L. Roysden |
Costume Design by
Molly Maginnis |
Makeup Department
Michael Germain | ... | makeup artist |
Robert L. Stevenson | ... | key hair stylist |
Julia L. Walker | ... | hair stylist (as Julia Walker) |
Michael F. Blake | ... | makeup artist (uncredited) |
Nancie Marsalis | ... | additional makeup artist (uncredited) |
Production Management
John J. Smith | ... | production manager |
David Hoberman | ... | executive in charge of production: Walt Disney Studios (uncredited) |
Angel Pine | ... | post production executive (uncredited) |
Steven Tyler Sahlein | ... | post production manager (uncredited) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Joe Camp III | ... | first assistant director |
Parnes Cartwright | ... | second second assistant director |
Seth Cirker | ... | additional second assistant director |
Ian Woolf | ... | second assistant director |
Timothy J. Lonsdale | ... | first assistant director: second unit (uncredited) |
Art Department
Robert M. Beall | ... | set designer |
Howard Fannon | ... | assistant property master |
Ann Harris | ... | set designer |
Ronald C. Jacobs | ... | lead man |
John R. Jensen | ... | construction coordinator |
Nikita Knatz | ... | production illustrator |
George Denes Suhayda | ... | production illustrator |
Tommy Tomlinson | ... | property master |
Christopher Windisch | ... | construction foreman |
Loren Hillman-Morgan | ... | scenic/set painter: San Francisco (uncredited) |
Chris H. Kelly | ... | construction foreman (uncredited) |
Mark A. Mancinelli | ... | hod plasterer (uncredited) |
James Passanante | ... | paint supervisor (uncredited) |
Karen Sorum | ... | painter: San Francisco local (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Bruce Bell | ... | foley mixer |
Denis Blackerby | ... | dubbing recordist |
Charles J. Bond | ... | cable person |
Thomas Burke | ... | sound editor |
John K. Carr | ... | sound editor |
Bruce Foster | ... | sound assistant |
David Gertz | ... | foley mixer |
Jeremy J. Gordon | ... | sound editor (as Jeremy Gordon) |
David Grannis | ... | sound assistant |
Catherine Harper | ... | foley sound effects |
David J. Hudson | ... | re-recording mixer |
C. Darin Knight | ... | sound mixer (as Darin Knight) |
Jimmy Ling | ... | sound editor |
Mel Metcalfe | ... | re-recording mixer |
Bill Phillips | ... | supervising sound editor |
Terry Porter | ... | re-recording mixer |
Sean Rush | ... | boom operator |
Jeffrey Wilhoit | ... | foley sound effects |
Jim Yant | ... | sound editor |
Larry Hopkins | ... | layback sound mixer (uncredited) |
Andy Kopetzky | ... | sound editor (uncredited) |
Vincent Zabaly | ... | sound transfer (uncredited) |
Special Effects by
Rocky Gehr | ... | special effects |
Stunts
Steve Chambers | ... | stunts |
Justin De Rosa | ... | stunts |
Sandi Gross | ... | stunts |
Kym Washington Longino | ... | stunts (as Kym Washington) |
Alan Oliney | ... | stunt coordinator |
Gary Price | ... | stunts |
Camera and Electrical Department
Mike Benson | ... | camera operator |
Charles John Bukey | ... | best boy |
Alan Cohen | ... | second assistant camera |
Michael A. FauntLeRoy | ... | first assistant camera |
Ken Fisher | ... | steadicam assistant (as Ken W. Fisher) |
Edward Gold | ... | camera operator |
Robert Gray | ... | key grip |
Suzanne Hanover | ... | still photographer |
Dennis J. Laine | ... | first assistant camera |
Kevin J. Lang | ... | best boy |
Mosh Levin | ... | camera operator |
Brian Liberman | ... | grip |
Steven C. McGee | ... | chief lighting technician |
Alan Shultz | ... | dolly grip |
Daniel E. Teaze | ... | second assistant camera: "b" camera (as Danny Teaze) |
Elizabeth Ziegler | ... | Steadicam operator |
Bill Pelkey | ... | electrician: San Francisco (uncredited) |
Kevin Thompson | ... | lighting technician (uncredited) |
Michael T. Travers | ... | best boy grip (uncredited) |
Casting Department
Nicole Gelbard | ... | casting assistant |
Barbara Harris | ... | adr voice casting |
Marshall Peck | ... | location casting |
Michele Bancroft | ... | location casting associate (uncredited) |
Shannon K. Dunn | ... | extras casting (uncredited) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Gala Autumn | ... | costumer |
Elaine Ramires | ... | supervising costumer |
Mary Elizabeth Still | ... | costumer |
Susan Roberts | ... | costumer (uncredited) |
Location Management
Debra A. Girard | ... | location assistant: San Francisco |
George Herthel | ... | location manager |
James R. Maceo | ... | assistant location manager |
Heather Sands | ... | location assistant: Reno |
Wally Uchida | ... | assistant location manager (as Wallace Uchida) |
Susannah Greason | ... | location assistant: San Francisco (uncredited) |
Music Department
Daniel Allan Carlin | ... | music consultant (as Dan Carlin Jr.) |
Sandy De Crescent | ... | orchestra contractor (as Sandy DeCrescent) |
Scottie Haskell | ... | score vocalist |
Artie Kane | ... | conductor |
Darlene Koldenhoven | ... | production vocal coach & contractor |
Joseph Magee | ... | music recording engineer |
Tom Malone | ... | orchestrator: score |
Hummie Mann | ... | orchestrator: score |
Mark McKenzie | ... | orchestrator: score |
Joel Moss | ... | music mixer / music producer / music recordist / orchestrator: score |
Seth Riggs | ... | vocal coach: Ms. Goldberg |
Andrea Robinson | ... | singing voice: Wendy Makkena |
Curtis Roush | ... | supervising music editor |
Marc Shaiman | ... | music producer / orchestrator: score |
Nick Vidar | ... | music programmer |
Jimmy Vivino | ... | music coordinator / orchestrator: score |
Fred Vogler | ... | music recording producer |
Lester Wilson | ... | musical staging |
Tom Boyd | ... | oboe soloist (uncredited) |
George Doering | ... | musician (uncredited) |
Bruce Dukov | ... | concertmaster (uncredited) |
Scottie Haskell | ... | choir (uncredited) |
Brian L. McCarty | ... | music editor (uncredited) |
Louise Di Tullio | ... | musician: flute (uncredited) |
Matt Walker | ... | music executive (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
Tom Allen | ... | script |
Esther Vivante | ... | script supervisor |
Jim Cash | ... | script revisions (uncredited) |
Jack Epps Jr. | ... | script revisions (uncredited) |
Carrie Fisher | ... | rewrites (uncredited) |
Robert Harling | ... | script revisions (uncredited) |
Nancy Meyers | ... | script revisions (uncredited) |
Transportation Department
Al J. Hersh | ... | transportation captain |
Tom F. Thomas | ... | transportation coordinator |
Alan Kaminsky | ... | driver generator operator (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
Hyatt Bass | ... | production assistant |
Lee J. Bognar | ... | production assistant |
Samuel Bokebza | ... | assistant production accountant |
Sue Bokobza | ... | production accountant |
Alisabeth Brown | ... | production assistant |
Susan J. Brubaker | ... | assistant coordinator |
Kelly Ching | ... | production assistant |
Sarah Connolly | ... | production assistant |
Bob Dillon | ... | production assistant |
Lee Dollar | ... | assistant: Mr. Rudin |
Dominic Fidelibus | ... | supervising copyist |
Rhoda Fine | ... | studio teacher |
Ada Geraghty | ... | technical advisor |
Jill Rene Gilbert | ... | assistant: Mr. Iscovich |
Martin Greenlaw | ... | technical advisor |
Alonzo Greer | ... | production assistant (as Alonzo E. Greer) |
Jane Harrison | ... | first assistant accountant |
Brian Jochum | ... | production assistant |
Richard Malzahn | ... | title photography |
Ron McGee | ... | assistant: Mr. Rudin |
Morgan Moore | ... | unit publicist |
Lisa Mordente | ... | additional choreographer |
Peter Pav | ... | production assistant |
Tim Pedegana | ... | assistant: Mr. Ardolino (as Timothy J. Pedegana) |
Trish Pfeiffer | ... | assistant: Ms. Gilmore |
Jill Simpson | ... | production coordinator |
John J. Smith | ... | production assistant |
Philip E. Thomas | ... | assistant: Ms. Schwartz |
Mike Thompson | ... | assistant: Mr. Rudin |
Nick Vidar | ... | MIDI consultant |
Leon Watkins | ... | production assistant |
Robert 'Bobby Z' Zajonc | ... | helicopter pilot |
Carrie Fisher | ... | script doctor (uncredited) |
Solomon J. LeFlore | ... | production financing (uncredited) |
Tom Lent | ... | adr voice (uncredited) |
Ante Novakovic | ... | assistant: Harvey Keitel (uncredited) |
Jon Sperry | ... | dialect coach (uncredited) |
Leon Watkins | ... | stand-in (uncredited) |
Erik Westby | ... | assistant production coordinator: Reno (uncredited) |
Production Companies
- Touchstone Pictures (presents)
- Touchwood Pacific Partners 1 (in association with)
Distributors
- Buena Vista Pictures (1992) (United States) (theatrical)
- Buena Vista International (1992) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- Buena Vista International (1992) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Buena Vista International (1992) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- C.B. Films S.A. (1992) (Spain) (theatrical)
- Gaumont (1992) (France) (theatrical)
- Kommunenes Filmcentral (KF) (1992) (Norway) (theatrical)
- Prooptiki (1992) (Greece) (theatrical)
- Roadshow Films (1992) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. (1992) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Buena Vista Home Video (1992) (United States) (VHS)
- Buena Vista International (1993) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Buena Vista International (1993) (Italy) (theatrical)
- Buena Vista International (Netherlands) (VHS) (through Touchstone Home Video)
- Gativideo (1993) (Argentina) (VHS)
- Touchstone Home Video (1993) (United States) (video) (laserdisc)
- Touchstone Home Video (Netherlands) (VHS) (through)
- Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (ARD) (1995) (Germany) (tv)
- Belgische Radio en Televisie (BRTN) (1995) (Belgium) (tv) (BRTN1)
- ITV - Independent Television (1995) (United Kingdom) (tv) (ITV1)
- National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1995) (United States) (tv)
- Veronica Television (1996) (Netherlands) (tv)
- Touchstone Home Entertainment (2012) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD) (part of 20th Anniversary Edition 2-Movie Collection)
- Divisa Home Video (2014) (Spain) (DVD)
- Disney Channel (2015) (Germany) (tv)
- Disney+ (2019) (Australia) (video) (VOD)
- Disney+ (2019) (United States) (video) (VOD)
- Disney+ (2020) (United Kingdom) (video) (VOD)
- Great! Movies (2021) (United Kingdom) (tv) (limited)
- Ekaterinburg Art (EA) (1995) (Russia) (theatrical)
- 7Mate (2023) (Australia) (tv)
- 7flix (2023) (Australia) (tv)
- Abril Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
- Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Turkey) (DVD)
- Buena Vista International (Brazil) (DVD)
- Touchstone Home Entertainment (Turkey) (DVD)
- Touchstone Home Entertainment (United States) (DVD)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Buena Vista Optical and Perpetual Motion Pictures (opticals)
- Buena Vista Opticals (opticals)
- Buena Vista Sound (sound re-recording)
- City of Reno, Nevada (thanks)
- City of San Francisco (thanks)
- Disney Television Studios (for purposes of copyright law in the United Kingdom this picture was created by)
- Fitzgeralds Hotel & Casino (thanks)
- Greenberg/Schluter (titles)
- Hollywood Records (soundtrack)
- Otto Nemenz International (camera equipment provided by)
- Perpetual Motion Pictures (opticals)
- Segue Music (music editing)
- St. Pauls Church, San Francisco (thanks)
- The Fitzgeralds Group Inc. (thanks)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
Deloris Wilson (Whoopi Goldberg), a black woman who has chosen the stage name Deloris Van Cartier, is a Reno, Nevada lounge singer, she, the lead in a girl trio, in which she also chooses and arranges the music and choreographs the shows. She is a wisecracking, showy woman who has always loved music. She, however, only has her current job being hired by her married lover, Vince LaRocca (Harvey Keitel), to sing in his casino's lounge. She learns of Vince's true business as a gangster when she walks in on him killing one of his employees who wronged him. As a witness to the murder, Deloris goes on the run to the police, Lieutenant Eddie Souther (Bill Nunn), who has long been running an operation to get enough evidence to put Vince behind bars, this murder, which could be the metaphorical nail in Vince's coffin. However, Vince has put a contract out on Deloris' life to prevent her from testifying against him. As such, Eddie has to hide her until the trial, which will be at least two months. Where Eddie chooses is St. Katherine's, a poor Catholic parish and convent in a tough neighborhood in San Francisco. The convent's Mother Superior (Dame Maggie Smith) reluctantly takes Deloris in, that reluctance as Deloris is not anywhere near being close to looking or acting like a typical nun. Furthermore, the Mother Superior does not tell any of the sisters Deloris' true identity or the real reason for her being at St. Katherine's. With the Mother Superior cloistering the sisters behind the convent walls to pray for the salvation mostly of down and out of the neighborhood while keeping the sisters safe from harms of the outside world, there is an immediate and continual clash of wills between her and Deloris. Deloris, as renamed Sister Mary Clarence, does have an effect on two of the sisters, Mary Patrick (Kathy Najimy), a perpetually perky woman, and Mary Robert (Wendy Makkena), who always feels left behind in whatever is happening in life. The clash between Deloris and the Mother Superior leads to the Mother Superior restricting Deloris to one task at the convent, one that leads to good and bad changes at St. Katherine's, the bad most specifically in potentially leading Vince and his associates to Deloris. Those changes also bring the battle of wills between Deloris and Mother Superior to a head, unless each can see the positive in what is happening in relation to their life at the convent. Written by Huggo |
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Taglines | No sex. No booze. No men. No way. See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
Budget | $31,000,000 (estimated) |
Opening Weekend United States | $11,894,587, 31 May 1992 |
Cumulative Worldwide Gross | $231,600,000 |
Did You Know?
Trivia | When Paul Rudnick was writing the screenplay, Bette Midler (who was attached to star at the time) suggested he go to a real-life convent to do research. He went to stay in the Regina Laudis Abbey in Bethlehem, Connecticut. The Prioress, Mother Dolores Hart, O.S.B., had been an actress, singer, and dancer, appearing in movies including King Creole (1958) and Where the Boys Are (1960). Mother Hart is still the only known nun to be a voting member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and she and her fellow nuns enjoy watching her Academy screeners every year. See more » |
Goofs | After Deloris witnesses the murder, she flees to the Reno PD and explains to the detective everything that Vince and his henchmen said to each other and to the victim right before the trigger was pulled, even describing the scene visually. However, when Deloris walked in on the murder, she actually opened the door a fraction of a second before the trigger was pulled, and had been talking to herself until the moment she turned the doorknob, so there is no way she could have heard or seen the preceding conversation that she reported to the police. See more » |
Movie Connections | Edited into The Green Fog (2017). See more » |
Soundtracks | (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave See more » |
Crazy Credits | Newspaper and magazine clippings of the nun choir. See more » |
Quotes |
Deloris:
[prays]
Bless us, oh Lord, for these Thy gifts which we are about to receive. And yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of no food, I will fear no hunger. We want you to give us this day, our daily bread. And to the republic for which it stands, and by the power invested in me, I pronounce us ready to eat. Amen. See more » |