Sister Act

Whoopi Goldberg stars in Emile Ardolino's comedy thriller as Deloris Van Cartier, a lounge singer at a casino managed by her lover VInce LaRocca. He's also a drugs baron and when she accidentally interrupts him in the process of rubbing out a stool pigeon, she has to run for her life. To keep her safe until LaRocca can be charged, the police arrange for her to become Sister Mary Clarence at a nunnery overseen by stern Mother Superior. But you can't keep a good singer down and Sister Mary has soon so successfully invigorated the choir with her musical talent that the church is packed - and there is even a call from Rome for a Papal performance. Unfortunately, thanks to an inside man in the police department, LaRocca learns of her whereabouts and sets out to prevent her testifying; can her new found friends, the nuns, protect her?, Comedy about a cabaret singer who witnesses a murder and goes undercover as a nun. In the convent, she is put in charge of coaching the choir, which she transforms into a toe-tapping rhythm group. As a result, the church's congregation swells until even the Pope comes to witness pop classics such as 'My Guy' performed to glorify the Lord. But, of course, her fame gives away her hiding place to the killer, A spirited Vegas showgirl goes into witness protection at a convent where she soon injects some rhythm into the uptight atmosphere.