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New Year Matinee: The Singing Nun

on BBC Two England

The feature film starring Debbie Reynolds, Ricardo Montalban, Greer Garson

Sister Ann is a nun who has come to Samaritan House to help the poor; she brings her guitar on which she composes light-hearted songs. Eventually her singing is to bring her fame, and with it soul-searching personal problems.

(First showing on British television)
Films: pages 16-17

Contributors

Screenplay:
Sally Benson
Screenplay:
John Furia Jr.
Director:
Henry Koster
Producer:
John Beck
Sister Ann:
Debbie Reynolds
Fr Clementi:
Ricardo Montalban
Mother Prioress:
Greer Garson
Sister Cluny:
Agnes Moorehead
Robert Gerarde:
Chad Everett
Nicole Arlien:
Katharine Ross
Ed Sullivan:
Ed Sullivan
Sister Mary:
Juanita Moore
Dominic Arlien:
Ricky Cordell

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