| Preacherman | |
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| Directed by | Albert T. Viola |
| Produced by | Robert N. Langworthy Albert T. Viola |
| Starring | Albert T. Viola Ilene Kristen Adam Hesse Marian Brown Esty F. Davis Jr. |
| Cinematography | Jim Collins |
| Edited by | Thomas DeBona William J. Sawyer |
| Music by | Roland Pope W. Henry Smith |
| Distributed by | Troma Entertainment |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $65,000[1] |
| Box office | $5,000,000[1] |
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,[2] spawning a sequel, Preacherman Meets Widderwoman, in 1973. It was later widely distributed on home video by Troma Entertainment.
- ^ a b 'Good Ole Boy' Stars in Dixie Film-Making Boom By B. DRUMMOND AYRES Jr. New York Times 1 Nov 1975: 31.
- ^ Williamson, Jerry Wayne (1995). Hillbillyland: What the Movies Did to the Mountains and what the Mountains Did to the Movies. ISBN 9780807845035.