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They needed help. What they got was a miracle. - The Preacher's Wife
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Title: The Preacher's Wife

Release Date: 13 Dec 1996

Runtime: 2h 3m

Genre: Family, Fantasy, Drama, Comedy, Romance

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

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

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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 5.8 (231 votes)

Cast

  • Dudley: Denzel Washington
  • Julia Biggs: Whitney Houston
  • Reverend Henry Biggs: Courtney B. Vance
  • Joe Hamilton: Gregory Hines
  • Margueritte Coleman: Jenifer Lewis
  • Beverly: Loretta Devine
  • Saul Jeffreys: Paul Bates
  • Jeremiah Biggs: Justin Pierre Edmund
  • Britsloe: Lionel Richie
  • Robbie: Victor Williams
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