The Nuns Go West
Westerns Featuring Nuns as Main or Central Characters
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- DirectorDon SiegelStarsClint EastwoodShirley MacLaineManolo FábregasWhen a former Civil War soldier saves a nun from a gang of bandits, they team up to help the Mexicans in their war against the French.McClaine and Eastwood pair up well in this unlikely buddy movie.
- DirectorJerry HopperStarsRichard BooneLeslie CaronGabi AmraniA nun, the only survivor of an Indian massacre of a wagon train, is taken in by a cantankerous old gunfighter.Boone is the cantankerous gunslinger who becomes protector to Caron, the sole survivor or an Indian wagon train massacre.
- DirectorMarcello ZeaniStarsUgo FangareggiLea GarganoEnzo MaggioTwo gold diggers make the find of their lives and draw up a map to the spot. They tear it in half, each taking a piece. One half falls into the hands of a bandit, who must now find the other half.One of the stranger efforts during the comedy phase of the Spaghetti Western, featuring gay treasure hunters, talking mules, and brawling nuns. Co-written and co-produced by Lidia Puglia, a hairdresser on many Spaghetti Westerns.
- DirectorDon TaylorStarsRobert PrestonPatty DukeGeoffrey LewisBen Sunday, a long-in-the-tooth gunfighter forms an uneasy alliance with a Catholic nun. The single-minded sister wants to erect a sanctuary for a group of Apache orphans. Ben Sunday picks an ideal spot, right in the center of town, the local saloon and "bawdy house".Robert Preston as an aging gunslinger who protects Patty Duke, a feisty nun determined to turn a bordello into a foster home for Apache orphans.
- DirectorRalph NelsonStarsSidney PoitierLilia SkalaLisa MannA travelling handyman becomes the answer to the prayers of nuns who wish to build a chapel in the desert.Okay, this one isn't really a Western, but it takes place in the American Southwest, with Sidney Poitier as a drifter who gets roped into helping a group of foreign nuns build a mission.