NO SEX. NO BOOZE. NO MEN. NO WAY.

When a nightclub singer (Whoopi Goldberg) witnesses her mobster boyfriend (Harvey Keitel) commit murder, she goes into hiding, posing as a nun in a San Francisco convent.

One of the biggest hits of that year offered Goldberg a signature role; she’s obviously perfect as the outspoken performer who finds serving Christ a tough act to uphold. The film also has two other clever assets: the nuns, where Maggie Smith, Mary Wickes and Kathy Najimy bring laughs and charm, and the music, consisting of choir-friendly hits from the 1960s.

The film is fast, cheerful and hard to resist, much like Whoopi herself.

1992-U.S. 100 min. Color. Directed by Emile Ardolino. Screenplay: Paul Rudnick. Cast: Whoopi Goldberg (Deloris Van Cartier/Sister Mary Clarence), Maggie Smith (Reverend Mother), Harvey Keitel (Vince LaRocca), Bill Nunn, Mary Wickes, Kathy Najimy. 

Trivia: Originally written for Bette Midler. Carrie Fisher and Nancy Meyers worked on the script; Rudnick ended up taking his name off of it, using the pseudonym Joseph Howard. Later a stage musical. Followed by Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993).