The Preacher's Wife

“They needed help. What they got was a miracle.”

5.8(248)19962h 3m

FamilyFantasyDramaComedyRomance

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.

Director

Penny Marshall

Budget

$40.0M

Revenue

$48.1M

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Cast

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

Lionel Richie

Britsloe

Victor Williams

Robbie

Shari Headley

Arlene Chattan

Marcella Lowery

Anna Eldridge

Reviews

1 review

Geronimo1967

1y ago

5.0

No, no, no, no, no! What in the name of all that's holy convinced anyone that a remake of the delightfully charming "Bishop's Wife" (1947) ought to happen? Instead of that charmingly engaging story of a pre-occupied Bishop losing sight of what really mattered, we get this noisy and aggressive vehicle for Whitney Houston to prove she can shout her songs at us. She's married to the affable minister ...