The Runner Stumbles

1979

1h 39m

6.8(7 votes)

Drama

Overview

Dick Van Dyke stars as a priest accused of murdering a nun. Directed by Stanley Kramer, this 1979 drama also features Kathleen Quinlan, Maureen Stapleton, Ray Bolger, Beau Bridges and Tammy Grimes.

Links & Resources

IMDbView

Social & External

IMDb

Production Companies

Cast & Crew

39 members

Acting

Dick Van Dyke

Father Brian Rivard

Acting

Kathleen Quinlan

Sister Rita

Acting

Maureen Stapleton

Mrs. Shandig

Acting

Ray Bolger

Monsignor Nicholson

Acting

Beau Bridges

Toby Felker

Acting

Tammy Grimes

Erna Webber

Acting

Allen Nause

Prosecutor

Acting

John Procaccino

Amos

Acting

Billy Jayne

James

Acting

Marguerite Morrissey

Sister Immaculata

No Image

Acting

Zoaunne LeRoy

Sister Martha

Acting

Don Riley

Maurice Prindle

No Image

Acting

Ted D'Arms

Sheriff

Acting

Kendall Kay Munsey

Louise Donnelly

No Image

Acting

Casey Kramer

Marie

Acting

Jim doyle

Matt Webber

No Image

Acting

Kat Kramer

Sophie

No Image

Acting

Bill Dore

Judge

No Image

Acting

Jock Dove

Doctor McNabb

No Image

Acting

Larry Buck

Fire Chief

No Image

Acting

Jamie Bednar

Kid

No Image

Acting

Jeanne Bednar

Kid

No Image

Acting

Jed Burke

Kid

No Image

Acting

Carrie Bush

Kid

No Image

Acting

Marguerite Carson

Kid

No Image

Acting

Cheryl Dunn

Kid

No Image

Acting

Jill Ficca

Kid

No Image

Acting

Tony Ficca

Kid

No Image

Acting

Tabetha Hanson

Kid

No Image

Acting

Sean Hunt

Kid

No Image

Acting

Randy Johnson

Kid

No Image

Acting

Debbie Krahenbuhl

Kid

No Image

Acting

Jennifer Kramer

Kid

No Image

Acting

Daniel Kutz

Kid

No Image

Acting

Jamie Montgomery

Kid

No Image

Acting

Roger Osmonovich

Kid

No Image

Acting

Duane Soderstrom

Kid

No Image

Acting

Lorna Kay Vose

Unknown Role

No Image

Crew

Marneen Fields

Sick Nun (Uncredited)

No Image

Similar Movies

6.0

1956

The Awakening

Directed by the incredibly prolific Mario Camerini, Suor Letizia was released in English-speaking regions as When Angels Don't Fly and The Awakening. In her first film appearance since The Rose Tattoo, Anna Magnani plays a feisty nun named Sister Letizia. Believing herself above such earthly trivialities as a maternal instinct, Sr. Letizia changes her way of thinking when an abandoned child is placed in her care. Unofficially adopting the boy, the good sister eventually comes to realize that even she cannot provide the care and guidance of a biological mother. Carefully constructed to accommodate all the surefire box-office elements inherent in Camerini's earlier films, Suor Letizia was almost guaranteed to be a hit.

Movie

10.0

2024

Je t'aime, Julie

In late 17th Century France, a young, insecure woman resorts to desperate ways to be reunited with her lover, who's become a nun at a convent. Based on the chronicles of Julie d'Aubigny.

Movie

6.6

2015

F.Hilaire

Pongsatorn is a teacher in Thailand working on his thesis for his Master's degree. His chosen subject his the life and works of a French Catholic priest who lived in Thailand in the early part of the 20th century. His professor rejects his early drafts to his anger before realising the professor has pushed him to fully understand his chosen topic.

Movie

8.5

2012

Unloved

France in the fifties. The teenage orphan Sylvie is put in an institution for "fallen" or endangered girls, subjected to harsh treatment by the bigoted nuns who run the institution like a prison. Sylvie befriends a girl who wants to escape.

Movie

6.1

1970

The Priest's Wife

After discovering her boyfriend is married, a young woman attempts suicide but survives and falls for the priest who took her call, leading to complications with his vow of celibacy.

Movie

7.5

1972

Enough Praying

Many socially-concerned priests in Catholic Latin America have at some time left their parish churches to go and work in the fields and factories of the poor. Such priests, usually adherents of "liberation theology," are called "worker-priests." This Chilean film tells the story of how one man became a "worker-priest" and won the trust of the poor.

Movie

6.0

2017

Created Equal

A woman who wishes to become a priest hires a lawyer to file suit against the Archdiocese of New Orleans.

Movie

5.9

1998

Dancing at Lughnasa

Five unmarried sisters make the most of their simple existence in rural Ireland in the 1930s.

Movie

4.2

2021

Agnes

Rumors of demonic possession at a religious convent prompts a church investigation into the strange goings-on among its nuns. A disaffected priest and his neophyte are confronted with temptation, bloodshed and a crisis of faith.

Movie

7.0

2000

Chocolat

A mother and daughter move to a small French town where they open a chocolate shop. The town, religious and morally strict, is against them, as they represent free-thinking and indulgence. When a group of gypsies arrive by riverboat, the Mayor's prejudices lead to a crisis.

Movie

6.5

1963

The Cardinal

A young Catholic priest from Boston confronts bigotry, Nazism, and his own personal conflicts as he rises to the office of cardinal.

Movie

2023

Irish Catholic

Meet Shavon O'Brien: Her family doesn't understand her, her church ignores her, even Jesus forgets about her. With only the spirit of Sinead O'Connor to guide her, Shavon battles institutional child abuse, narcissistic group think, a talking stomach and a singing poop bucket! Shavon goes from Catholic to Crusty Punk in this very, very, very, dark musical comedy!

Movie

6.0

1983

The Rape of a Nun

A young girl is forced by her father to become a nun. But soon she finds out that dark secrets are hiding behind the convent walls and that she's there to serve lustful human masters and not God.

Movie

7.6

1962

Viridiana

Viridiana is preparing to start her life as a nun when she is sent, somewhat unwillingly, to visit her aging uncle, Don Jaime. He supports her; but the two have met only once. Jaime thinks Viridiana resembles his dead wife. Viridiana has secretly despised this man all her life and finds her worst fears proven when Jaime grows determined to seduce his pure niece. Viridiana becomes undone as her uncle upends the plans she had made to join the convent.

Movie

5.5

1974

Paul and Michelle

Taking place approximately three years after the events in Friends, Paul and Michelle follows the family of Paul Harrison and Michelle Latour-Harrison after they have been reunited. Paul has to cope with the difficulties he faces balancing work, college, and trying to maintain their family as well as a new love interest for Michelle.

Movie

7.3

1998

Run Lola Run

Lola receives a phone call from her boyfriend Manni. He lost 100,000 DM in a subway train that belongs to a very bad guy. She has 20 minutes to raise this amount and meet Manni. Otherwise, he will rob a store to get the money. Three different alternatives may happen depending on some minor event along Lola's run.

Movie

7.3

1995

Dead Man Walking

A death row inmate turns for spiritual guidance to a local nun in the days leading up to his scheduled execution for the murders of a young couple.

Movie

6.6

2019

Maternal

Lu and Fati are teen mums living in a religious shelter in Buenos Aires. Sister Paola arrives there to take her final vows. But the girls’ impending motherhood faces her with a challenging situation.

Movie

6.2

2013

Zachariayude Garbhinikal

Zachariayude Garbhinikal is a 2013 Malayalam–language comedy-drama film written and directed by Aneesh Anwar. The film narrates the incidents in the life of a gynaecologist and five women who come into his life. Lal appears as the gynaecologist while Rima Kallingal, Sanusha, Geetha, Asha Sharreth, and Sandra Thomas play the roles of five pregnant women. Sandra Thomas also produced the film along with her father Thomas Joseph Pattathanam under the banner of Friday Cinema House. Vishnu Narayan was the cinematographer and the music was composed by Vishnu- Sharath. The film started production in May 2013 from Kochi, Kerala and released on 27 September 2013.

Movie

7.2

2013

Ida

Anna, a young novitiate in 1960s Poland, is on the verge of taking her vows when she discovers a family secret dating back to the years of the German occupation.

Movie

Recommended Movies

No Recommendations Yet

We're working on finding the perfect movies for you. Check back soon!

More movies coming soon