Main Cast: Elvis Presley, Mary Tyler Moore, Barbara McNair, Jane Elliot, Leora Dana
Release Year: 1969
Country: US
Run Time: 93 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
Dr. John Carpenter (Elvis Presley) helps the economically disadvantaged in an inner-city medical clinic. Three nuns are assigned to help out at the facility and are allowed to wear regular clothes instead of the traditional habits. Sister Michelle (Mary Tyler Moore) is the speech therapist who Dr. Carpenter would like to examine personally after hours. Along with the other sisters (Barbara McNair and Jane Elliot), Michelle is subjected to the criticism of the local parish priest (Regis Toomey) in the social experiment of non-traditional dress. Two spinsters even mistake the nuns for prostitutes without their habits. The priest wins out in the end, and the nuns must again don their habits. As the good doctor sings to the ailing children, Sister Michelle is transfixed both by a crucifix hanging on the wall and by Elvis Presley in an ironic and symbolic scene that flashes between the two icons. This was Presley's last studio feature and he welcomed the move from stifling screen images as he returned his focus to live performances and recording for the remainder of his illustrious career. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
Ed Asner - Lt. Moretti; Robert Emhardt - The Banker; Regis Toomey - Father Gibbons; Doro Merande - Rose; Richard Carlson - Bishop Finley; Nefti Millet - Julio Hernandez; Laura Figueroa - Desiree; Lorena Kirk - Amanda Parker; Virginia Vincent - Miss Parker; David Renard - Colom; Ji-Tu Cumbuka - Hawk; Linda Garay - Expectant Mother; Rodolfo Hoyos, Jr. - Mr. Hernandez; Ruth McDevitt - Lily; Lilith Miles - 1st Stiletto Deb; Caitlin Wyles - 2nd Stiletto Deb; William Elliott - Robbie
Credit
Alexander Golitzen - Art Director, Helen Colvig - Costume Designer, Phil Bowles - First Assistant Director, William A. Graham - Director, Douglas Stewart - Editor, Billy Goldenberg - Composer (Music Score), Buddy Kaye - Composer (Music Score), Ben Weisman - Composer (Music Score), Russell Metty - Cinematographer, Joe Connelly - Producer, John McCarthy - Set Designer, Waldon O. Watson - Sound/Sound Designer, Ronald Pierce - Sound/Sound Designer, John Joseph - Screen Story, Richard Morris - Screen Story, John Joseph - Screenwriter, James Lee - Screenwriter, Eric Bercovici - Screenwriter, Richard Morris - Screenwriter, S.S.(Paddy) Schweitzer - Screenwriter
