
The Other Sister(1999)
A mentally challenged girl proves herself to be every bit as capable as her "perfect" sister when she moves into an apartment and begins going to college.


“Could he change her life, could she forget her vows and follow her heart...”
Dr. John Carpenter takes the job of running a health center in a low-income district. He enlists three women to help out who — unbeknownst to him — are actually nuns in street clothes. The church wants to improve the neighborhood but fears that nuns in full habit would not be well received. Unaware of her unavailability, John falls for Sister Michelle, serenading her with his guitar — which, luckily for him, effectively wears away at her religious resolve.

Elvis Presley
Dr. John Carpenter

Mary Tyler Moore
Sister Michelle Gallagher

Barbara McNair
Sister Irene Hawkins

Jane Elliot
Sister Barbara Bennett

Leora Dana
Mother Joseph

Ed Asner
Lt. Moretti

Robert Emhardt
The Banker

Regis Toomey
Father Gibbons

Doro Merande
Rose

Ruth McDevitt
Lily
Change of Habit is a crime, drama, music, romance film released in 1969 exploring themes of nun, autism. Directed by William A. Graham, it stars Elvis Presley, Mary Tyler Moore, Barbara McNair. Dr. John Carpenter takes the job of running a health center in a low-income district. He enlists three women to help out who — unbeknownst to him — are actually nuns in street clothes. The church wants to improve the neighborhood but fears that nuns in full habit would not be well received. Unaware of her unavailability, John falls for Sister Michelle, serenading her with his guitar — which, luckily for him, effectively wears away at her religious resolve.
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