Papa Was a Preacher
1986 · 1h 40m · 5.5
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.
Robert Pine, Georgia Engel, Dean Stockwell, Imogene Coca, Dallas Benton, Scott Wilder, Melora Hardin, Brandon Douglas, Gerrod Miskovsky, Jason Hillhouse
based on novel or book, methodist church, minister, based on true story