We're No Angels is a 1989 American comedy film directed by Neil Jordan. A remake of the 1955 film We're No Angels, it stars Robert De Niro, Sean Penn and Demi Moore. It received mixed reviews and grossed $10.5 million on a $20 million budget.
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In 1935, Great Depression-era convicts Ned and Jim, jailed on unspecified charges and abused by a ruthless warden, become escaped convicts when a vicious killer named Bobby escapes the electric chair.
The two escape to a small upstate New York town near the Canada–US border, where they are mistaken for a pair of priests who are expected at the local monastery. They want to flee but cannot because misunderstandings and the warden's search party for Bobby make a trip across the bridge to Canada almost impossible.
Ned and Jim continue to masquerade as priests, trusted and welcomed by Father Levesque. An opportunity presents itself in the form a procession to the church's sister church across the border. Each participating priest must bring someone who needs help, so they decide on the deaf and mute daughter of Molly, a local laundress and prostitute.
Bobby is killed by police during the procession. Ned saves Molly's daughter from drowning, after which she is able to speak. Jim is befriended by a young monk and decides to stay in the monastery to become an actual priest. Ned heads to Canada with Molly and her daughter.
