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We're No Angels

We're No Angels

  • Status: Released
  • 02-06-1989
  • Runtime: 106 min
  • Score: 6.146
  • Vote count: 515

Two escaped cons' only prayer to escape is to pass themselves off as priests and pass by the police blockade at the border into the safety of Canada.

Robert De Niro

Ned

Sean Penn

Jim

Demi Moore

Molly

Hoyt Axton

Father Levesque

Bruno Kirby

Deputy

Ray McAnally

Warden

James Russo

Bobby

Wallace Shawn

Translator

John C. Reilly

Young Monk

Jay Brazeau

Sheriff

Ken Buhay

Bishop Nogalich

Elizabeth Lawrence

Mrs. Blair

Bill Murdoch

Deputy

Jessica Jickels

Rosie

Frank C. Turner

Shopkeeper

Matthew Walker

Blacksmith

Sheelah Megill

Townswoman

Sean Hoy

Workman

Lloyd Berry

Passersby

David McLeod

Passersby

Richard Newman

Passersby

Frank Totino

Bystander

Karen Elizabeth Austin

Bystander

Antony Holland

Doctor

Sylvain Demers

Canadian Priest

Cory Dagg

Border Guard

Garwin Sanford

Prison Priest

Jack Ackroyd

Guard

James Kidnie

Guard

Gerry Bean

Guard

Rick Poltaruk

Fat Monk

kevin2019

"We're No Angels" has some fabulous photography that really brings the rugged Vancouver locations to life. It is a very entertaining film on every level and it has comedy that works - Ned is very amusing as he desperately attempts to remove his leg irons while listening to someone's sins in a confessional. The introduction of Molly and her deaf daughter Rosie could have been responsible for the whole film lapsing into a maudlin sense, but this is never allowed to happen. Molly's change of heart about the life she is leading and Jim's unexpected decision to join the priesthood are unanticipated developments which have been expertly crafted and perfectly in keeping with the story being told.