The Masked Saint (2016)
Director
Warren P. Sonoda
Main cast
Brett Granstaff; Lara Jean Chorostecki; T.J. McGibbon; Diahann Carroll; Roddy Piper
Genres
Crime, Action
Description
The journey of a professional wrestler who becomes a small town pastor and moonlights as a masked vigilante fighting injustice. While facing crises at home and at the church, the Pastor must evade the police and somehow reconcile his violent secret identity with his calling as a pastor.
Warren P. Sonoda
Main cast
Brett Granstaff; Lara Jean Chorostecki; T.J. McGibbon; Diahann Carroll; Roddy Piper
Genres
Crime, Action
Description
The journey of a professional wrestler who becomes a small town pastor and moonlights as a masked vigilante fighting injustice. While facing crises at home and at the church, the Pastor must evade the police and somehow reconcile his violent secret identity with his calling as a pastor.
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