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    The Runner Stumbles

    Poster of the movie The Runner Stumbles
    1979     Drama    
    USA
    1h 49min

    The film is set in 1911 at a Roman Catholic parish in the rural town of Solon, Michigan. Sister Rita (Quinlan), a young nun, arrives at the parish to help run the church school. When the parish's two elderly nuns contract tuberculosis, Sister Rita is forced to move into the rectory that is home to Father Rivard (Van Dyke), the parish priest. The close proximity between the two begins to set off gossip and suspicions, to the point that a monsignor from the diocese (Bolger) comes to give Father Rivard a talking-to. The gossip turns out to be correct, as the priest and the nun confess their love for each other. However, their declaration of emotion leads to tragedy.

    Directed byStanley Kramer
    Written byMilan Stitt

    Starring

    Dick Van Dyke
    Kathleen Quinlan
    Maureen Stapleton
    Beau Bridges
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