Main Cast: Robert De Niro, Sean Penn, Demi Moore, Hoyt Axton, Wallace Shawn, Bruno Kirby, Ray McAnally
Release Year: 1989
Country: US
Run Time: 120 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG13
Plot
In this comedy, escaped prisoners Ned (Robert DeNiro) and Jim (Sean Penn) take refuge in a monastery where they pose as priests to avoid capture. Intending to flee across the Canadian border, the two convicts run into all kinds of unexpected trouble in their new-found priesthood. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide
James Russo - Bobby; John C. Reilly - Young Monk; Jay Brazeau - Sheriff; Ken Buhay - Bishop Nogulich; Elizabeth Lawrence - Mrs. Blair; Jessica Jickels - Rosie; Karen Austin - Bystander; Gerry Bean - Guard; Lloyd Berry - Passersby; James Kidnie - Guard; Sheelah Megill - Townswoman; Richard Newman - Passersby; Garwin Sanford - Prison Priest; Frank Totino - Bystander; Matthew Walker - Blacksmith; Frank C. Turner - Shopkeeper; Jack Ackroyd - Guard; Antony Holland - Doctor
Credit
Fred Caruso - Co-producer, Theoni V. Aldredge - Costume Designer, Neil Jordan - Director, Mick Audsley - Editor, Joke Van Wijk - Editor, Robert De Niro - Executive Producer, George Fenton - Composer (Music Score), Michael Roberts - Camera Operator, Wolf Kroeger - Production Designer, Richard Harrison - Production Designer, Philippe Rousselot - Cinematographer, Art Linson - Producer, Jim Erickson - Set Designer, Mitch Glazer - Screenwriter, David Mamet - Screenwriter
A couple of 1920s-era convicts, jailed on never-specified charges, are dragged along when a vicious killer escapes the electric chair. The two end up in a town near the Canadian border, where they are mistaken for a pair of priests expected at the local monastery. They want to flee but cannot, since misunderstandings, and the arrival of their companion Bobby, makes the trip to Canada almost impossible. They continue to masquerade as priests while looking for an opportunity to cross the border into Canada. An opportunity presents itself in the form of a procession/pilgrimage to the church's sister church across the border. Each priest participating has to bring along someone who needs help, so they decide on the deaf daughter of local laundress and prostitute.[1]
