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The Pope Must Die (alternative known title as The Pope Must Diet! in the United States and Canada) is a 1991 British Catholic Church comedy film directed by Peter Richardson, who also wrote the screenplay with Pete Richens derived from elements of an earlier screenplay for a three-part mini-series satirising the Catholic Church, and which had ...
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Aug 30, 1991 · The Pope Must Diet: Directed by Peter Richardson. With Robbie Coltrane, Adrian Edmondson, Paul Bartel, Damir Mejovsek. A less-than-qualified and far-from-perfect priest is mistakenly named the new pope.
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- Comedy
- Peter Richardson
- 1991-08-30
The Pope Must Die (1991) | Robbie Coltrane, Adrian Edmondson - Comedy. A less-than-qualified and far-from-perfect priest is mistakenly named the new pope. As the pontiff, he must deal with...
- 95 min
- 27.3K
- Budget VHS Bin
John Sessions and Steven O'Donnell pop up as a pair of bungling assassins for Lom's mafia boss, very much going down the route of 'The Pink Panther'. But the best character must be the sleazy ...
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- Robbie Coltrane
An unlikely priest finds himself elected Pope through a case of mistaken identity.
- Peter Richardson
- Steven O'donnell
Aug 30, 1991 · But now look at "The Pope Must Die," a comedy based on the premise that the Vatican is controlled by the Mafia and run by the kind of priests who sit around smoking cigarettes and playing gin rummy in the pope's bedroom while waiting for him to kick the bucket.
Aug 30, 1991 · A less-than-qualified and far-from-perfect priest is mistakenly named the new pope. As the pontiff, he must deal with Vatican corruption, the Mob and the reappearance of his old lover.