Preacherman (1971)

Director
Albert T. Viola

Main cast
Albert T. Viola; Ilene Kristen; Adam Hesse; Marian Brown; Esty F. Davis Jr.

Genres
Drama, Comedy

Description
Phony backwoods preacher Amos T. Huxley stays in a small North Carolina town long enough to fleece his congregation, swindle the profits from a moonshine still, and seduce dumb blonde Mary Lou. Mary Lou's ex-boyfriend becomes suspicious of the preacher and gets the local police to investigate his actions.


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