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The Preacher's Wife

They needed help. What they got was a miracle.

  • Movie
  • 1996
  • PG
  • 2h 3m

Directed by Penny Marshall

5.8

TMDB audience rating
5.8 out of 10 from 268 votes

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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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Cast and crew

  • Denzel Washington

    Denzel WashingtonDudley

  • Whitney Houston

    Whitney HoustonJulia Biggs

  • Courtney B. Vance

    Courtney B. VanceReverend Henry Biggs

  • Gregory Hines

    Gregory HinesJoe Hamilton

  • Jenifer Lewis

    Jenifer LewisMargueritte Coleman

  • Loretta Devine

    Loretta DevineBeverly

  • Paul Bates

    Paul BatesSaul Jeffreys

  • Justin Pierre Edmund

    Justin Pierre EdmundJeremiah Biggs

  • Lionel Richie

    Lionel RichieBritsloe

  • Victor Williams

    Victor WilliamsRobbie

  • Shari Headley

    Shari HeadleyArlene Chattan

  • Marcella Lowery

    Marcella LoweryAnna Eldridge

  • Cissy Houston

    Cissy HoustonMrs. Havergal

  • Charlotte d'Amboise

    Charlotte d'AmboiseDebbie Paige

  • Helmar Augustus Cooper

    Helmar Augustus CooperJohnson Keeley

  • Jernard Burks

    Jernard BurksPizza Man

  • Aaron A. McConnaugheyTeen

  • Lex MonsonOsbert

Director
Penny Marshall
Writer
Robert Nathan, Nat Mauldin and Allan Scott
Music
Hans Zimmer
Cinematography
Miroslav Ondříček