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… Read more
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The Preacher's Wife
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Movie · Family · Fantasy · PG
1996 · 2h 3m · ★ 27% (27K)
They needed help. What they got was a miracle.
Director: Penny Marshall
Starring: Denzel Washington, Whitney Houston, Courtney B. Vance
Overview
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.
Director
Penny Marshall
Production
Touchstone Pictures, Mundy Lane Entertainment, Parkway Productions, The Samuel Goldwyn Company
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, Jernard Burks, Aaron A. McConnaughey, Lex Monson, Darvel Davis Jr., William James Stiggers Jr.