The Preacher's Wife (1996)
Director:
Penny Marshall
Tagline:
« They needed help. What they got was a miracle. »
Actors:
Dudley
Julia Biggs
Reverend Henry Biggs
Joe Hamilton
Margueritte Coleman
Rating:
(15’150 votes)
(15’150 votes)
Quotes:
« Jeremiah Biggs: Just because you can't see the air doesn't keep you from breathing. And just because you can't see God doesn't keep you from believing.
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« Julia Biggs: Your mother would always tell me, "Girl, you need to get some meat on those bones. Henry ain't got nothing to grab on to back there!"
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« Rev. Henry Biggs: She just wanted you to eat, that's all.
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« Julia Biggs: No, she probably wanted me to be as fat as her.
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« Rev. Henry Biggs: She wasn't that fat.
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« Julia Biggs: Please, if a policeman saw your mama come walking down the street, he'd yell, "break it up!"
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« Marguerite Coleman: [after seeing one of Hamilton's commercials on television] That man is so oily, you could fry chicken on his smile.
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Trailer:
Official Trailer
Runtime:123 minutes
Plots:
An angel comes to Earth to help a preacher save his church and his family.
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, Rev. Biggs prays to God for help – and help arrives in the form of an angel named Dudley. However, Dudley’s arrival seems to cause even more trouble…
