Dec 13, 1996
123 min
Full-HD

The Preacher's Wife (1996)

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.

Category

Family Fantasy Drama Comedy Romance

Country

United States of America

Companies

Touchstone Pictures Mundy Lane Entertainment Parkway Productions Samuel Goldwyn Company

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

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