We're No Angels (1989) on Netflix
In 1935 upstate New York, escaped convicts Ned and Jim are mistaken for the two priests a monastery expects. The warden's search party for Bobby makes the crossing to Canada nearly impossible.
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Plot summary
Ned and Jim are convicts in a Depression-era prison, where a ruthless warden abuses them. Their chance to get out comes when Bobby, a killer awaiting the electric chair, escapes, and the two break away in the upheaval. They reach a small town in upstate New York, close to the Canadian border, where the local monastery takes them for two priests who are due to arrive. Father Levesque welcomes them and trusts them, and the pair keep up the act. They want only to slip away, but the warden is hunting Bobby, and the bridge into Canada is nearly impossible to cross.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about We're No Angels (1989)
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- Though the story is set in upstate New York, the film was shot at Mission, British Columbia, where the crew built an entire riverside town; at CDN $2.5 million the set alone was the largest for a film produced in Canada to that date.
