We're No Angels is a 1989 comedy film directed by Neil Jordan. It stars Robert De Niro, Sean Penn, and Demi Moore. 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 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 warden's search party looking for Bobby make a trip across the bridge to Canada... almost impossible. Ned and Jim continue to masquerade as priests, trusted and welcomed by Father Levesque. 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-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.
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| Release date: | December 15, 1989 |
| Directed by: | Neil Jordan |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 101 Minutes |
| Producer: | Art Linson |
| Editor: | Mick Audsley |
| Music by: | George Fenton |
| Screenplay by: | David Mamet |
| Estimated budget: | $20,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | We're No Angels |
| Genre: | Comedy, Action |