Movie
The Preacher's Wife
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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The Preacher's Wife opened in theaters December 13, 1996. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
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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Cast
Denzel WashingtonDudley
Whitney HoustonJulia Biggs
Courtney B. VanceReverend Henry Biggs
Gregory HinesJoe Hamilton
Jenifer LewisMargueritte Coleman
Loretta DevineBeverly
Paul BatesSaul Jeffreys
Justin Pierre EdmundJeremiah BiggsCredits
- Directed by
- Penny Marshall
- Written by
- Nat Mauldin, Allan Scott, Robert Nathan
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $40M
- Box office
- $48.1M
Production
Touchstone PicturesUnited States- Mundy Lane EntertainmentUnited States
- Parkway ProductionsUnited States
The Samuel Goldwyn CompanyUnited States