Papa Was a Preacher
G
7.6
1986
1 hr 40 min
Drama
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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- Cast：
- Robert Pine , Georgia Engel , Dean Stockwell , Imogene Coca , Melora Hardin , Gennie James , Rodger Boyce
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Intense, gripping, stylish and poignant
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I have absolutely never seen anything like this movie before. You have to see this movie.
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Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable
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I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.
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