The read
Audiences rate it 19 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
In a Philadelphia convent, two nuns battle it out to be elected to the position of head abbess, and neither is about to let anything stand in the way of getting what she wants.
Ratings
IMDb5.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes40%
Audiences rate it 19 points higher than critics do.
7 audience votes
Key crew
- Robert EndersScreenplay
- John CameronOriginal Music Composer
- Michael Lindsay-HoggDirector
Cast
- Glenda JacksonSister Alexandra
- Melina MercouriSister Gertrude
- Geraldine PageSister Walburga
- Sandy DennisSister Winifred
- Anne JacksonSister Mildred
- Anne MearaSister Geraldine
- Susan PenhaligonSister Felicity
- Edith EvansSister Hildegard
- Jerry StillerP.R. Priest
- Rip TornFather Maximilian
- Eli WallachMonsignor
- Suzanne StoneBathildis
Stills
Themes
nunconvent (nunnery)abbess