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The Bells of St. Mary's

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The Bells of St. Mary's
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NR,2hrs 6min
Genres:
Family,Drama
Released:
December 6, 1945
Director:
Leo McCarey
Distributor:
RKO Radio Pictures
Starring:
Bing Crosby, Ingrid Bergman, Henry Travers  ...more
Synopsis: In this follow-up to director Leo McCarey's Going My Way (1944), Bing Crosby repeats his Oscar-winning characterization of happy-go-lucky priest Father O'Malley. The good father is sent to help out financially strapped St. Mary's Academy, a parochial school presided over by lovely nun Sister Benedict (Ingrid Bergman). The film is constructed in anecdotal fashion: Nun and priest gently quarrel over teaching methods; they help patch up the tottering marriage of William Gargan and Martha Sleeper; Sister ... Full Synopsis
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Brendon Hanley, AMG Review
After making the popular and lovable Going My Way with Bing Crosby as a priest, director Leo McCarey got letters suggesting that he make a movie humanizing the ladies of the cloth as well. So he decided to make a sequel, with Crosby's counterpoint this time a nun. The film was The Bells of St. Mary's, and the sister was Ingrid Bergman, at the peak of her popularity. The dynamic between Bergman and ... Full Review
Featured Cast
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Bing Crosby
Father Chuck O'Malley
Ingrid Bergman
Sister Benedict
Henry Travers
Mr. Bogardus
William Gargan
Joe Gallagher
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Boys Town (1938) Going My Way (1944) Heaven Help Us (1985) Sister Act (1992) Nunsense (1993)
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