Papa Was a Preacher

September. 19,1986      G
Rating:
7.6
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Robert Pine as  Papa
Georgia Engel as  Pearl
Dean Stockwell as  John White
Imogene Coca as  Missy B
Melora Hardin as  Janette
Gennie James as  Alyene
Rodger Boyce as  Granger
Jerry Haynes as  Jack Murphy
Peter Gerety as  Billy Kilgore
Gil Glasgow as  William Lee

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