Overview:
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.| Status: | Released (1996-12-13) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 1 Oscar. 4 wins & 7 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $48,102,795 |
| Screen: | Robert Nathan, Robert E. Sherwood, Leonardo Bercovici |
| Productions: | Touchstone Pictures, Mundy Lane Entertainment, Parkway Productions, The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English, Hausa, Español |
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Casts
- 5292: Denzel Washington - Dudley
- 8851: Whitney Houston - Julia Biggs
- 24047: Courtney B. Vance - Reverend Henry Biggs
- 66804: Gregory Hines - Joe Hamilton
- 15899: Jenifer Lewis - Margueritte Coleman
- 18284: Loretta Devine - Beverly
- 4693: Paul Bates - Saul Jeffreys
Crews
- 14911: Penny Marshall - Director - Directing
- 87628: Robert Nathan - Novel - Writing
- 31025: Nat Mauldin - Screenplay - Writing
- 589662: Allan Scott - Screenplay - Writing
- 4008: Miroslav Ondříček - Cinematography - Crew
- 11454: George Bowers - Editor - Editing
- 34484: Stephen A. Rotter - Editor - Editing
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No, no, no, no, no! What in the name of all that's holy convinced anyone that a remake of the delightfully charming "Bishop's Wife" (1947) ought to happen? Instead of that charmingly engaging story of a pre-occupied Bishop losing sight of what really mattered, we get this noisy and a ....
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