We’re No Angels (1989)

We're No Angels (1989)

Taglines: The con is on.

We’re No Angels movie synopsis. A couple of 1930s Great Depression-era convicts, Ned and Jim, jailed on never-specified charges and abused by a ruthless warden, are dragged along when a vicious killer named Bobby escapes the electric chair.

The two end up in a small upstate New York town near the Canada–US 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 warden’s search party looking for Bobby make a trip across the bridge to Canada almost impossible.

We're No Angels (1989)

Ned and Jim continue to masquerade as priests, trusted and welcomed by Father Levesque. An opportunity presents itself in the form of a procession 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-mute daughter of Molly, a local laundress and prostitute.

Bobby is killed by police during the procession. Ned saves Molly’s daughter from drowning, after this event she is able to speak. Jim is befriended by a young monk and decides to stay in the monastery to actually become a priest. Ned takes Molly and her daughter to Canada.

We’re No Angels is a 1989 American comedy film directed by Neil Jordan. It stars Robert De Niro, Sean Penn, and Demi Moore. This was Jordan’s last film to receive a PG-13 rating by the MPAA, until Ondine in 2009.

We're No Angels Movie Poster (1989)

We’re No Angels (1989)

Directed by: Neil Jordan
Starring: Robert De Niro, Demi Moore, Sean Penn, Hoyt Axton, Bruno Kirby, Ray McAnally, James Russo, Wallace Shawn, John C. Reilly, Jay Brazeau, Elizabeth Lawrence, Jessica Jickels
Screenplay by: David Mamet
Production Design by: Wolf Kroeger
Cinematography by: Philippe Rousselot
Film Editing by: Mick Audsley, Joke van Wijk
Costume Design by: Theoni V. Aldredge
Set Decoration by: Jim Erickson
Art Direction by: Richard Harrison, Andrew Ackland-Snow
Music by: George Fenton
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures
Release Date: December 15, 1989

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