
Pray TV
1982-02-01 · 100 min · ★ 8.0
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.
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- Directors
- Robert Markowitz
- Production companies
- ABC Circle Films
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
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John RitterTom McPherson
Ned BeattyRev. Freddy Stone
Richard KileyRev. Gus Keiffer
Madolyn Smith OsborneLiz Oakes
Louise LathamCharlotte Oakes
Jonathan PrinceBill Oakes
Michael CurrieArtie Allman
Kenneth TigarParker
Lois HamiltonBobbi Ellis
Jason BernardEverett
Frank BirneyJohnson
James KeaneFats
Mel TorméSelf
Herb MitchellGuard
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