Papa Was a Preacher (1986)
Edwin Porter, a Methodist minister, is sent to a little church in the small town of Sterling, Texas, to try to save it from financial insolvency. The move is sudden and is complicated by the fact that Porter’s wife and eight children are all very comfortable in the large, successful church they have been serving in Dallas.
- Date of release
- 1986-09-19
- TMDB
- 5.5 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Steve Feke
Casting
- Robert Pine — Papa
- Georgia Engel — Pearl
- Dean Stockwell — John White
- Imogene Coca — Missy B
- Dallas Benton — Hugh
- Scott Wilder — Cecil
- Melora Hardin — Janette
- Brandon Douglas — Raybon (as Brandon Sokolosky)
- Gerrod Miskovsky — Edd
- Jason Hillhouse — Gil
- Gennie James — Alyene
- Joshua Butts — Paul
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