Synopsis
Portrait du predicateur pentecotiste texan Euliss Sonny Dewey, sincere et passionne, qui aspire a la grandeur, mais controle mal ses passions et ses pulsions. Mortifie de voir son epouse Jessie lui preferer un jeune pretre, il le tue. Contraint de fuir apres cet acte de violence aveugle, l'"apotre" change d'identite et entreprend une nouvelle vie au sein d'une petite communaute du Sud profond dont il rallie les fideles grace a son charisme. Mais un jour, Jessie reconnait sa voix a la radio et previent la police.
Réalisation
Casting
Euliss Dewey
Jessie Dewey
Toosie
Brother Blackwell
Sam
Troublemaker
Mrs. Dewey Sr.
Joe
Elmo
Horace
Bayou Man
Young Man in Car
Latin Translator
Child Accordionist
Man Saying Amen
Mother Blackwell
Texas State Trooper
Flashback Preacher
Virgil
Sister Jewell
Sister Johnson
Jessie Jr.
Bobbie
Louisiana State Trooper
Sonny (12 years old)
Sister Delilah
Needy Receiver #2
Texas Choir Member
Sonny Supporter #1 (as John E. Hawkins)
Tag Team Preacher #3 (as Brother Paul Bagget)
Female Sonny Supporter
Helper
Sister Johnson's Twin
Sister Johnson's Twin
Singer
Soloist #4 (as Reverend Frank Collins Jr.)
Civic Auditorium Preacher (as Prophet Carl D. Cook)
Scripture Reader
Liquor Store Preacher
Young Priest (as James Ivey Gleason)
Tag Team Preacher #5 (as Reverend Chili Graham)
Tag Team Preacher #1 (as Reverend Bobby Green)
Faith Healer #2
Tag Team Preacher #2 (as Reverend Charles Johnson)
Baptism Soloist
Faith Healer #1
Soloist #1 (as Joseph Lindsey)
Church Woman
Doctor
Church Member #2
Bodyguard
Church Man #2
Coronet George
Accident Witness
Needy Receiver
Soloist Choir Director
Church Man #1
Nosey Neighbor
Sonny Supporter #2 (as Reverend Jesse Walkrop)
Tag Team Preacher #4 (as Reverend Steve White)
Tag Team Preacher #5 (as Sister Fay Winn)
Soloist #3
Texas Choir Member
Texas Choir Member
Texas Choir Member
Texas Choir Member
Texas Choir Member
Texas Choir Member
Texas Choir Member
Texas Choir Member
Texas Choir Member
Organist
Brother Edwards (uncredited)
