They needed help. What they got was a miracle.
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.
- 5.8
- 1996
- Released
- 2h 3m
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
Cissy Houston
Mrs. Havergal
Charlotte d'Amboise
Debbie Paige
Helmar Augustus Cooper
Johnson Keeley
Jernard Burks
Pizza Man
Aaron A. McConnaughey
TeenLex Monson
OsbertDarvel Davis Jr.
HakimWilliam James Stiggers Jr.
Billy Eldridge
Shyheim Franklin
Teen
Taral Hicks
TeenKennan Scott
TeenMichael Alexander Jackson
Robber
Jamie Tirelli
Liquor Store Owner
Lizan Mitchell
JudgeRobert Colston
BailiffJuliehera DeStefano
ReceptionistDelores Mitchell
Mary Halford
David Langston Smyrl
Hanley's Waiter
Harsh Nayyar
Christmas Tree ManRoy Haynes
DrummerGeorge Coleman
Sax PlayerTed Dunbar
Guitar PlayerJamil Nasser
Bass Player
Mary Bond Davis
BernitaToukie Smith
Teleprompter OperatorRutha Harris
St. Matthew's Choir & Band MemberJacqueline Martin
St. Matthew's Choir & Band MemberTeretha G. Houston
St. Matthew's Choir & Band MemberSharon A. Mitchell
St. Matthew's Choir & Band MemberSteven Brown
DrummerDwain L. White
OrganistTania McDonald-Tomlinson
Sheep - Nativity Choir (as Brittany Anderson)Mark Gilbert
Wise Man - Nativity ChoirMichael Marshall
Wise Man - Nativity ChoirKevin Mitchell
Painting SingerDebbie Benitez
Store Owner's Wife (uncredited)
Marianne Hettinger
Robbery Witness (uncredited)
Anibal O. Lleras
Pizza Man (uncredited)David Madison
Defendant (uncredited)
Adam Alexi-Malle
Robbery Witness (uncredited)John Rowe Jr.
Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)Ronald Sylvers
Congregation Member (uncredited)
Released
en
$40,000,000.00
$48,100,000.00
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- #gospel
- #reverend
- #crisis of faith
- #woman director
- #christmas
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