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Dear God(1996)
Status: Released
Date: 1996-11-01
55%
61 Votes
Time: 1h 52m
Many people write to God. Somebody is answering.
Overview:
A judge gives con-man Tom Turner a choice—a jail sentence, or a year of honest work. But when he gets a job in the U.S. Post Office's dead letter office, he starts a Good Samaritan con by answering letters written to God. His seemingly virtuous work inspires his co-workers to do the same, but their good deeds are frowned upon by the postmaster general—and the cops.
Languages: English, Italian.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Dear God
Top 10 Billed Cast
Greg Kinnear
Tom Turner
Laurie Metcalf
Rebecca Frazen
Maria Pitillo
Gloria McKinney
Tim Conway
Herman Dooly
Héctor Elizondo
Vladek Vidov
Jon Seda
Handsome
Roscoe Lee Browne
Idris Abraham
Anna Maria Horsford
Lucille Barnett
Kathleen Marshall
Whispering Wendy
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Overview
A judge gives con-man Tom Turner a choice—a jail sentence, or a year of honest work. But when he gets a job in the U.S. Post Office's dead letter office, he starts a Good Samaritan con by answering letters written to God. His seemingly virtuous work inspires his co-workers to do the same, but their good deeds are frowned upon by the postmaster general—and the cops.
Release Date
1996-11-01
Average
5.5
Rating:
2.8 startsTagline
Many people write to God. Somebody is answering.
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