Nasty Habits (1976)
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17% of users liked it
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An all-star female cast (Glenda Jackson, Melina Mecouri, Geraldine Page, Sandy Dennis, Anne Jackson, Anne Meara, and Dame Edith Evans) enliven this satirical treatment of the Nixon Watergate scandal, Nasty Habits -- based on Muriel Sparks's novella The Abbess of Crewe. When a dying abbess (Dame… More An all-star female cast (Glenda Jackson, Melina Mecouri, Geraldine Page, Sandy Dennis, Anne Jackson, Anne Meara, and Dame Edith Evans) enliven this satirical treatment of the Nixon Watergate scandal, Nasty Habits -- based on Muriel Sparks's novella The Abbess of Crewe. When a dying abbess (Dame Edith Evans) of a Pennsylvania convent is ready to name Sister Alexandra (Glenda Jackson) as her successor, Sister Alexandra and her two flunkies (Sandy Dennis and Anne Jackson) try to get the abbess to sign a document of intent. But their plans are dashed when liberal Sister Felicity (Susan Penhaligon) arrives and wants to change the institution. Her arrival delays the signing of the document of intent, and before the abbess can sign the paper she dies.Now the job of running the convent is up for grabs, with Sister Alexandra employing Nixon-like techniques of surveillance and dirty tricks to get the goods on Sister Felicity. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
- Directed By
- Michael Lindsay-Hogg
- Genres
- Comedy
PG,
- In Theaters
- Mar 18, 1977 Wide
- Studio
- Media Home Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
This comic tale about corruption in pious places packs a lively moral wallop!
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Cast
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Glenda Jackson
as Alexandra
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Melina Mercouri
as Gertrude
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Geraldine Page
as Walburga
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Sandy Dennis
as Winifred
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Anne Jackson
as Mildred
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Anne Meara
as Geraldine
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Edith Evans
as Hildegarde
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Jerry Stiller
as P.R. Priest
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Rip Torn
as Maximilian
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Eli Wallach
as Monsignor
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Suzanne Stone
as Bathildis
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Peter Bromilow
as Baudouin
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Shane Rimmer
as Officer I/C
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Harry Ditson
as Ambrose
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Christopher Muncke
as Gregory
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Alick Hayes
as Abbot
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Bill Reimbold
as Bishop's Secretary
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Anthony Forrest
as Thomas
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Mike Douglas
as Mike Douglas
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Bill Jorgensen
as Himself
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Jessica Savitch
as Herself
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Howard K. Smith
as Himself
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Susan Penhaligon
as Felicity
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Oliver Maguire
as Policeman
