The Preacher's Wife

The Preacher's Wife

1996
2h 3m
5.8

5.8/10

249 votes • View on IMDb
Family Fantasy Drama Comedy Romance

"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.

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Status: Released

Budget: $40,000,000

Revenue: $48,100,000

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Touchstone Pictures Mundy Lane Entertainment Parkway Productions The Samuel Goldwyn Company
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English Spanish Hausa

Keywords

angel church choir gospel reverend crisis of faith woman director christmas

Quick Facts

Release Date December 13, 1996
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0117372

Cast

Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington

Dudley

Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston

Julia Biggs

Courtney B. Vance
Courtney B. Vance

Reverend Henry Biggs

Gregory Hines
Gregory Hines

Joe Hamilton

Jenifer Lewis
Jenifer Lewis

Margueritte Coleman

Loretta Devine
Loretta Devine

Beverly

Paul Bates
Paul Bates

Saul Jeffreys

Justin Pierre Edmund
Justin Pierre Edmund

Jeremiah Biggs

Lionel Richie
Lionel Richie

Britsloe

Victor Williams
Victor Williams

Robbie

Shari Headley
Shari Headley

Arlene Chattan

Marcella Lowery
Marcella Lowery

Anna Eldridge

Key Crew

Penny Marshall
Director
Nat Mauldin
Screenplay
Allan Scott
Screenplay
Elliot Abbott
Executive Producer
Samuel Goldwyn Jr.
Producer
Robert Greenhut
Executive Producer