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It began as a simple convent election. Then came the illegal buggings. the bungled break-in, the hasty cover-up and the exorbitant payoffs. The result is a sinfully hilarious tale of immaculate deception!
In a suspiciously profitable convent near Pittsburgh, the abbess has just died. To protect their secrets, Sister Alexandra (Glenda Jackson) is determined to become the Order's new leader. But when she sees her campaign threatened by a pretty, sexually liberated young novice (Susan Penhaligon), all hell breaks loose! Soon Alexandra and her cronies (Geraldine Page, Melina Mercouri and Sandy Dennis) are up to their rosaries in blackmail, dirty tricks and righteously comic complications.
Original Release
01/28/1977
US Release
03/18/1977
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Glenda Jackson | Alexandra / Sister Alexandra |
Melina Mercouri | Sister Gertrude / Gertrude |
Geraldine Page | Sister Walburga / Walburga |
Sandy Dennis | Sister Winifred / Winifred |
Anne Jackson | Sister Mildred / Mildred |
Anne Meara | Sister Geraldine / Geraldine |
Susan Penhaligon | Sister Felicity / Felicity |
Edith Evans | Sister Hildegard / Hildegarde |
Jerry Stiller | P.R. Priest |
Rip Torn | Father Maximilian / Maximilian |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Glenda Jackson | Alexandra / Sister Alexandra |
Melina Mercouri | Sister Gertrude / Gertrude |
Geraldine Page | Sister Walburga / Walburga |
Sandy Dennis | Sister Winifred / Winifred |
Anne Jackson | Sister Mildred / Mildred |
Anne Meara | Sister Geraldine / Geraldine |
Susan Penhaligon | Sister Felicity / Felicity |
Edith Evans | Sister Hildegard / Hildegarde |
Jerry Stiller | P.R. Priest |
Rip Torn | Father Maximilian / Maximilian |
Eli Wallach | Monsignor |
Suzanne Stone | Bathildis |
Peter Bromilow | Baudouin |
Shane Rimmer | Officer I / C |
Harry Ditson | Ambrose |
Christopher Muncke | Gregory |
Oliver Maguire | First Policeman |
Alick Hayes | Abbot |
Bill Reimbold | Bishop's Secretary |
Anthony Forrest | Thomas |
Producers
Name | Role |
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George Barrie | Executive Producer |
Robert Enders | Producer |
Gordon Scott | Producer |