Dixie: Changing Habits

TV Movie
1983
Not Rated
1h 40m

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Dixie is caught operating a whore house, and is sentenced to 90 days house arrest in a convent! Can Dixie bend to the ways of the convent nuns to avoid jail?Dixie is caught operating a whore house, and is sentenced to 90 days house arrest in a convent! Can Dixie bend to the ways of the convent nuns to avoid jail?Dixie is caught operating a whore house, and is sentenced to 90 days house arrest in a convent! Can Dixie bend to the ways of the convent nuns to avoid jail?

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6.7/10

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Producer/Director George Englund was married to Cloris Leachman from 1953 to 1978, when they divorced. However, they remained close friends, and knew in advance that he wanted to cast Cloris for the role of Sister Eugenio.

Soundtracks
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Music and Lyrics by Paul Simon
Performed by Maureen Silliman and Cloris Leachman
(uncredited)

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Featured review

Habit forming

This forgotten gem of a TV movie deserves to be better known.

Suzanne Pleshette is superb as the bordello owner sentenced to work in a convent run by Cloris Leachman. The plot has some welcome humor along with melodramatic twists, and the supporting cast is top-notch.

Stereotypes are plentiful here: rigid nuns, a carefree madam, and town officials with skeletons (and negligees) in their closets. But that's no drawback to film with so much heart and spunk.

Perhaps inspired by "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas," this entertaining TV movie is beautifully filmed and delivered with heart. Seek it out if you can, and grab it if you find it. 7/10 stars from me.