title: The Reverend Turns a Blind Eye
text: # The Reverend Turns a Blind Eye
  
  The Reverend Turns a Blind Eye (German: Hochwürden drückt ein Auge zu) is a 1971 West German comedy film directed by Harald Vock and starring Roy Black, Uschi Glas and Georg Thomalla. It was followed by a 1972 sequel Always Trouble with the Reverend.
  
  It was partly shot on location around Lake Wörthersee in the Austrian state of Carinthia.
  
  ## Synopsis
  
  A well-meaning priest gets himself into a number of scrapes.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Roy Black as Michael Springer
  * Uschi Glas as Barbara Jansen
  * Georg Thomalla as Pfarrer Himmelreich
  * Peter Weck as Thomas Springer
  * Fritz Eckhardt as Bischof
  * Heinz Reincke as Alfred
  * Hans Tügel as Kapitän Jansen
  * Elisabeth Felchner as Mathilde
  * Erik Frey as Bürgermeister
  * Alexander Grill as Bus-Chauffeur
  * Elisabeth Stiepl as Frau Bürgermeister
  * Guido Wieland as Jochen
  * Norbert Kammil
  * Johann Sklenka as Matrose
  * Myriam Dreifuss as Röschen
  * Felix Dvorak as Branmeister
  * Rudi Carrell as Rudi Carnel
  * Heidi Hansen as Doris
  * Ernst H. Hilbich as Polizist
  * Paul Klinger as Narrator
  * Chris Roberts as Georg
  