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The Runner Stumbles is a 1979 American drama film directed and produced by Stanley Kramer, based on the Broadway play by Milan Stitt. The film was the last of Kramer's long and distinguished career. It stars Dick Van Dyke, Kathleen Quinlan, Maureen Stapleton, Tammy Grimes, Beau Bridges, and Ray Bolger.
Feb 21, 1980 · Father Rivard, a priest in a coal mining town, falls in love with a nun, but faces challenges from his superiors and his own doubts. The Runner Stumbles is a forbidden love story based on a true event, directed by Stanley Kramer and starring Dick Van Dyke and Kathleen Quinlan.
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- Drama
- Stanley Kramer
- 1980-02-21
A priest and a nun fall in love in a small town in 1927, facing moral dilemmas and gossip. Roger Ebert finds the movie old-fashioned, silly and endearing, but praises the performances of Dick Van Dyke and Kathleen Quinlan.
Nov 27, 2010 · Dick Van Dyke ("Mary Poppins"), stars as Father Rivard, an intellectual priest in a small, impoverished mining town in the state of Washington (called Roslyn, located about two hours drive ...
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The Runner Stumbles. A small-town priest (Dick Van Dyke) stands trial for killing a nun (Kathleen Quinlan) he had secretly loved.
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- Stanley Kramer
- PG
- Drama
Mar 14, 2001 · Father Rivard is a priest in a small, economically depressed coal mining town. Working on what he thinks is a "controversial" work, he lives with the brutal lives of his poor parishioners, the old, unfriendly nuns in the nearby convent, and his own self doubts. When Rita, an energetic and bright...
The Runner Stumbles (Stanley Kramer, 1979) 4/10. A radical priest (a very stiff Dick Van Dyke in a rare dramatic role) is banished to a depressed backwater coal mining town full of people suffering economic problems.
