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Summary
A corrupt television preacher and his congregation are held hostage by a woman, her lover, and her two cousins in an attempt to avenge the theft of her inheritance. A quirky look at the dishonesty of the televangelist industry.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 62GoodWatch 57
Audience score64%
IMDb5.9
Running time
1 h 33 min
A typical length for comedies, −7 min on the typical 100
typical 10093Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Released
1988
March 4, 1988
38 years ago
Genre
ComedyLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
Rated
- RUnited States
and 12 more15 people
- Bill PaxtonJesse Wilkes
- Linda KozlowskiClaire
- Tim CurryRev. Ray Porter
- Annie PottsDarla
- Dennis BurkleyBig Joe Becker
- Glenn WithrowArnold Limpet
- Anthony GearyStonewall
- Brian ThompsonKenny Hamilton
Logan RamseyJim Bob Collins
Leland CrookeSheriff Rascal Lebeaux
Jim HolmesGovernor
Richard PaulG.W. Wraith
Paul Ben-VictorEddie Depaul
Crystal SmithTelephone Girl
Elizabeth GracenChristie Lynn
Directing · 1
- David Beaird Director
Writing · 2
- Joel Cohen Writer
- Neil Cohen Writer
Production · 4
- Mort Engelberg Producer
- Bill Yahraus Line Producer, Editor
- Nina Axelrod Casting
- David Streit Line Producer
Camera · 1
- Mark Irwin Director of Photography
Sound · 1
- Carter Burwell Original Music Composer
Art · 1
- Dean Tschetter Production Design
Costume & Make-Up · 2
- Reve Richards Costume Design
- RaMona Fleetwood Makeup Artist
Other crew · 1
- Charles Croughwell Stunts
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