Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Robert Markowitz |
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| Writer: | Lane Slate |
| Staring: |
| A newly ordained minister accepts a summer job with a dynamic TV evangelist only to find deep conflicts between the latter's conventional activities servicing his community's spiritual needs and his power wielded as a TV celebrity. | |
| Release Date: | Feb 01, 1982 |
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| Director: | Robert Markowitz |
| Writer: | Lane Slate |
| Genres: | Drama, TV Movie |
| Keywords | christianity, minister, politics, faith, evangelical christianity, dying father, televangelist |
| Production Companies | ABC Circle Films |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 09, 2025 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| John Ritter | Tom McPherson |
| Ned Beatty | Rev. Freddy Stone |
| Richard Kiley | Rev. Gus Keiffer |
| Madolyn Smith Osborne | Liz Oakes |
| Louise Latham | Charlotte Oakes |
| Jonathan Prince | Bill Oakes |
| Michael Currie | Artie Allman |
| Kenneth Tigar | Parker |
| Lois Hamilton | Bobbi Ellis |
| Jason Bernard | Everett |
| Frank Birney | Johnson |
| James Keane | Fats |
| Richard Kennedy | Announcer |
| Mel Tormé | Self |
| Ronald Craig | Administrator |
| Dana Halsted | Louise |
| Duncan McLeod | Guard |
| Herb Mitchell | Guard |
| Lawrence Bame | |
| Craig Richards | Man in Audience |
| David J. Bowman | |
| Michael Lang | |
| James O'Connell | |
| Kurt Smildsin |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Lane Slate | Writer |
| Donald H. Birnkrant | Director of Photography |
| Peter Parasheles | Editor |
| Tracy Bousman | Production Design |
| Michael J. Maschio | Production Manager |
| David M. Ronne | Sound Mixer |
| John B. Schuyler | Boom Operator |
| Ken Titley | Location Manager |
| Robert Markowitz | Director |
| Dennis McCarthy | Original Music Composer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Peter S. Greenberg | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 0 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
| 2024 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
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