The Preacher's Wife poster
Screenplay Allan Scott, Nat Mauldin
Director Penny Marshall

The Preacher's Wife

Tagline: They needed help. What they got was a miracle.

Release Date: 1996-12-13

Duration: 123 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Denzel Washington
    Dudley
  • Loretta Devine
    Beverly
  • Jenifer Lewis
    Margueritte Coleman
  • Courtney B. Vance
    Reverend Henry Biggs
  • Shari Headley
    Arlene Chattan
  • Lionel Richie
    Britsloe
  • Paul Bates
    Saul Jeffreys
  • Whitney Houston
    Julia Biggs
  • Marcella Lowery
    Anna Eldridge
  • Cissy Houston
    Mrs. Havergal