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The Preacher's Wife(1996)
Status: Released
Date: 1996-12-13
58%
231 Votes
Time: 2h 3m
They needed help. What they got was a miracle.
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.
Languages: English, Hausa, Spanish.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $40,000,000.00
Revenue: $48,100,000.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Mundy Lane Entertainment
Parkway Productions
Movie: The Preacher's Wife
Top 10 Billed Cast
Denzel Washington
Dudley
Whitney Houston
Julia Biggs
Courtney B. Vance
Reverend Henry Biggs
Gregory Hines
Joe Hamilton
Jenifer Lewis
Margueritte Coleman
Loretta Devine
Beverly
Paul Bates
Saul Jeffreys
Justin Pierre Edmund
Jeremiah Biggs
Lionel Richie
Britsloe
Victor Williams
Robbie
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