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Film / 1986
Papa Was a Preacher
Directed by
Steve Feke
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Robert PinePapa
Georgia EngelPearl
Dean StockwellJohn White
Imogene CocaMissy B
Dallas BentonHugh
Scott WilderCecil
Melora HardinJanette
Brandon DouglasRaybon (as Brandon Sokolosky)
Gerrod MiskovskyEdd
Jason HillhouseGil
Gennie JamesAlyene
Joshua ButtsPaul
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Stephanie DunnamKate Tucker
Rodger BoyceGranger
Jerry HaynesJack Murphy
Peter GeretyBilly Kilgore
Gil GlasgowWilliam Lee
Bobby FiteEric Lee
Julie CondraMarilyn
Stephanie NicholsDarlene
Tony MorrisElliott Powell
Gloria HockingMiss Cartwright
Harlan JordanRon Powell
Laird StuartClaudie Walker
Gregory GroveTom
Cynthia HestandSally Grimes
Alberto BalderasJuan
Barry KinyonHarry
Mark LyonLimping Farmboy (uncredited)
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