Sister Act Sister Act Sister Act is a 1992 American comedy film directed by Emile Ardolino and written by Joseph Howard, with musical arrangements by Marc Shaiman. It stars Whoopi Goldberg as a lounge singer forced to join a convent after being placed in a witness protection program. It also features Maggie Smith, Kathy Najimy, Wendy Makkena, Mary Wickes, and Harvey Keitel. "Sister Act" was one of the most financially successful comedies of the early 1990s, grossing $231 million worldwide. The film spawned a franchise, which consists of a 1993 sequel, "", and a musical adaptation, which premiered in 2006. A remake
Night Has a Thousand Eyes of his relentlessly bleak predictions prove accurate. Jerome Cowan (of "Maltese Falcon" fame) plays Whitney Courtland, Triton's best friend, who becomes wealthy using tips from the now-psychic Triton. The film is generally praised for its gloomy adaptation of Woolrich's writing. In his book "Art of Noir", Eddie Muller writes: "No film more faithfully captured Woolrich's sense of doomed predestination than "Night Has a Thousand Eyes"." "Time Out Film Guide", however (in spite of praising the cinematography by John F. Seitz), gives the thriller a negative review: "Aside from the fine opening sequence -- Lund's rescue of Gail Russell from the