Change of Habit

1969
G
1h 33m

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6.0/10

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Elvis Presley and Mary Tyler Moore in Change of Habit (1969)

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As an incognito nun tries to help a doctor clean up an inner-city ghetto, the pair grow closer with time.As an incognito nun tries to help a doctor clean up an inner-city ghetto, the pair grow closer with time.As an incognito nun tries to help a doctor clean up an inner-city ghetto, the pair grow closer with time.

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2.8K

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Trivia
Director William A. Graham said in an interview years after the making of this film that Elvis Presley was the nicest man he had ever met.

Goofs
The story supposedly takes place in New York City but it was filmed at Universal Studios in California. When the nuns are standing outside their apartment building in what is supposed to be New York City there is a car parked close to them that obviously has California plates on it, revealing the fact that the movie was actually filmed in California.

Quotes
Dr. John Carpenter: [after she reveals herself to be a nun, Dr. Carpenter is shocked] You've got to be kiddin'.
Dr. John Carpenter: I'm a member of the Order of the Little Sisters of Mary. We were only going to be here for two months. John, please say something.
Dr. John Carpenter: I'll be damned.

Connections
Featured in Miami Vice: Made for Each Other (1985)

Soundtracks
Change of Habit
Music by Ben Weisman
Lyrics by Buddy Kaye
Performed by Elvis Presley (uncredited)

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7/10

Underrated Presley Performance

Although I am not a fan of the legendary Elvis Presley (in music or on screen), I must say that after seeing his 1969 film, "A Change of Habit," I realized his talent as an actor was very underrated. Of course, he was placed in his share of cheezy B-movie musicals, some so terrible that, to quote the King himself, they made him "physically ill." But this film lets Presley perform in a more relaxed atmosphere, without the restrictions of having to have a guitar at his side every second (though he does sing a bit in this film, but not so much that it ruins the drama). The same year, Presley was offered Jon Voight's role in the Academy Award winning "Midnight Cowboy." This film has led me to believe that Elvis may not have been bad at all in that role. --Bud Sturguess, Texas