''The Weekend Nun'' is a 1972 American television film (an ABC Movie of the Week) directed by Jeannot Szwarc. It was based on the true story of Joyce Duco, a nun who became a probation officer.

Cast

Joanna Pettet Joanna Pettet (born Joanna Jane Salmon; 16 November 1942) is a retired English actress. Early life Pettet was born in Westminster, London, England. Her parents, Harold Nigel Edgerton Salmon, a British Royal Air Force pilot killed in the Secon ...

* Vic Morrow * Ann Sothern * Kay Lenz

Reception

The '' Los Angeles Times'' wrote it was "surely one of the finest films ever made for television."

References

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''The Weekend Nun''
at BFI
Review
at Catholic Movies 1972 television films 1972 films American television films Films directed by Jeannot Szwarc Films scored by Charles Fox 1970s English-language films {{US-tv-film-stub