Plot
A Southerner--young, poor, ambitious but uneducated--determines to become something in the world. He decides that the best way to do that is to become a preacher and start up his own church.
Cast
Brad Dourif
Hazel Motes
Dan Shor
Enoch Emory
Amy Wright
Sabbath Lily
Harry Dean Stanton
Asa Hawks
Mary Nell Santacroce
Landlady
Ned Beatty
Hoover Shoates
John Huston
Grandfather
William Hickey
Preacher
J.L. Parker
Karl
Marvin Sapp
Raymond
Richard Earle
Jakob Winslow
Herb Kossover
Jacob Wood
Crew
Benedict Fitzgerald
Screenplay
John Huston
Director
Michael Fitzgerald
Producer
Kathy Fitzgerald
Producer
Gerry Fisher
Director of Photography
Michael Fitzgerald
Screenplay
Alex North
Original Music Composer
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