A pair of young troublemakers is assigned to a convent school. Try as she may, the Reverend Mother is unable to stop the two from wreaking havoc on the place. The Reverend Mother helps one girl discover a secret dream of becoming a fashion designer. The other is not so easy to reach, but after the funeral of one of the sisters, she requests to become a nun.
Directed by
Ida Lupino
Written by
Jane Trahey (novel); Blanche Hanalis (screenplay).
Starring
Rosalind Russell (Mother Superior (Rev. Mother)); Binnie Barnes (Sister Celestine); Camilla Sparv (Sister Constance); Mary Wickes (Sister Clarissa); Marge Redmond (Sister Liguori); Dolores Sutton (Sister Rose Marie); Margalo Gillmore (Sister Barbara); Portia Nelson (Sister Elizabeth); Marjorie Eaton (Sister Ursula); Barbara Bell Wright (Sister Margaret); Judith Lowry (Sister Prudence); Hayley Mills (Mary Clancy); June Harding (Rachel Devery); Barbara Hunter (Marvel-Ann Clancy); Bernadette Withers (Valarie). Please contact SFC to add other cast members and characters.
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