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Papa Was a Preacher
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Papa Was a Preacher

1986
Directed bySteve Feke
1h 40m

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.

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Robert PinePapaGeorgia EngelPearlDean Stockwell
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John White
Imogene CocaMissy B
Dallas BentonHugh
Scott WilderCecil
Melora HardinJanette
Brandon DouglasRaybon (as Brandon Sokolosky)
Gerrod MiskovskyEdd
Jason HillhouseGil
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GENRES
Drama
STATUSReleased
RATING
1.0

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