Preacherman (1971)

Directed by

Al Viola

Genre

comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 27m

Rated

R

Rating

5.2 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A con artist pretends to be a preacher in a small North Carolina town. He tricks a landowner and helps him sell moonshine to get back at a rival.

comediclightheartedwackylow-budgetquirkymischievousfolksy

What happens

Preacherman is a 1971 American comedy film written, directed, and starring Albert T. Viola. The film revolves around a backwoods con artist posing as a country preacher, who, during a sojourn in a small North Carolina town, alternately misleads a local landowner to take advantage of his daughter, but also helps him sell moonshine to get revenge on a rival. Initially released mostly to theatres in the American south by small distributor Variety Films, the modestly-budgeted film grossed over $5 million, spawning a sequel, Preacherman Meets Widderwoman, in 1973. It was later widely distributed on home video by Troma Entertainment. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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