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Released
1980 · FILM

In God We Trust (or Gimme That Prime Time Religion)

This is Brother Ambrose. Lead him not into temptation. For he's sure to follow.

Directed by
Runtime
97 min
Comedy

Synopsis

A naive monk, named Brother Ambrose, is sent by the abbot on a mission to raise $5,000 in order to save their monastery from closing. He goes to Hollywood where he encounters a number of eccentric characters.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 20

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by David E BlewittShot by Charles CorrellScored by John MorrisDesigned by Lawrence G Paull

Box Office

1980 · Box office

Grossed $5.2M worldwide

Worldwide gross

$5.2M

Worldwide gross$5.2M

Opening weekend: $2.0M 39% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $2.5M47% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 653 theaters

Also known as

  • Dreist und gottesfürchtigde
  • In God We Tru$ten
  • La Bible ne fait pas le moinefr
  • Frate Ambrogioit

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