The Preacher's Wife

Name: The Preacher's Wife
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Drama, Comedy, Romance
Released: 1996-12-13
Duration: 7380 min
Rating: 5.8

5.8 1996 2h 3m United States of America

Family Fantasy Drama Comedy Romance

Good-natured Reverend Henry Biggs finds that his marriage to choir mistress Julia is flagging, due to his constant absence caring for the deprived neighborhood they live in. On top of all this, his church is coming under threat from property developer Joe Hamilton. In desperation, Biggs prays to God for help – which arrives in the form of an angel named Dudley.

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They needed help. What they got was a miracle. Good-natured Reverend Henry Biggs finds that his marriage to choir mistress Julia is flagging, due to his constant absence caring for the deprived neighborhood they live in. On top of all this, his church is coming under threat from property developer Joe Hamilton. In desperation, Biggs prays to God for help – which arrives in the form of an angel named Dudley.

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Directors

Penny Marshall

Writers

Robert Nathan, Nat Mauldin, Allan Scott, Robert E. Sherwood, Leonardo Bercovici

Cast

Denzel Washington, Whitney Houston, Courtney B. Vance, Gregory Hines, Jenifer Lewis, Loretta Devine, Paul Bates, Justin Pierre Edmund, Lionel Richie, Victor Williams, Shari Headley, Marcella Lowery, Cissy Houston, Charlotte d'Amboise, Helmar Augustus Cooper

Production

Touchstone Pictures, Mundy Lane Entertainment, Parkway Productions, The Samuel Goldwyn Company

Languages

English, Spanish, Hausa

Countries

United States of America