Filmmakers
Above the linePM
Director
Penny Marshall
AS
Screenplay
Allan Scott
NM
Screenplay
Nat Mauldin
MO
Cinematography
Miroslav Ondříček
Director of Photography
SR
Editing
Stephen A. Rotter
Editor
GB
Editing
George Bowers
Editor
HZ
Music
Hans Zimmer
Original Music Composer
BG
Production Design
Bill Groom
CF
Costume Design
Cynthia Flynt
Cast
56DW
Denzel Washington
Dudley
WH
Whitney Houston
Julia Biggs
CV
Courtney B. Vance
Reverend Henry Biggs
GH
Gregory Hines
Joe Hamilton
JL
Jenifer Lewis
Margueritte Coleman
LD
Loretta Devine
Beverly
PB
Paul Bates
Saul Jeffreys
JE
Justin Pierre Edmund
Jeremiah Biggs
LR
Lionel Richie
Britsloe
VW
Victor Williams
Robbie
SH
Shari Headley
Arlene Chattan
ML
Marcella Lowery
Anna Eldridge
CH
Cissy Houston
Mrs. Havergal
CD
Charlotte d'Amboise
Debbie Paige
HC
Helmar Augustus Cooper
Johnson Keeley
JB
Jernard Burks
Pizza Man
AM
Aaron A. McConnaughey
Teen
LM
Lex Monson
Osbert
DJ
Darvel Davis Jr.
Hakim
WJ
William James Stiggers Jr.
Billy Eldridge
SF
Shyheim Franklin
Teen
TH
Taral Hicks
Teen
KS
Kennan Scott
Teen
MJ
Michael Alexander Jackson
Robber
JT
Jamie Tirelli
Liquor Store Owner
LM
Lizan Mitchell
Judge
RC
Robert Colston
Bailiff
JD
Juliehera DeStefano
Receptionist
DM
Delores Mitchell
Mary Halford
DS
David Langston Smyrl
Hanley's Waiter
HN
Harsh Nayyar
Christmas Tree Man
MW
Mervyn Warren
Pianist
RH
Roy Haynes
Drummer
GC
George Coleman
Sax Player
TD
Ted Dunbar
Guitar Player
JN
Jamil Nasser
Bass Player
MD
Mary Bond Davis
Bernita
TS
Toukie Smith
Teleprompter Operator
RH
Rutha Harris
St. Matthew's Choir & Band Member
JM
Jacqueline Martin
St. Matthew's Choir & Band Member
TH
Teretha G. Houston
St. Matthew's Choir & Band Member
SM
Sharon A. Mitchell
St. Matthew's Choir & Band Member
SB
Steven Brown
Drummer
DW
Dwain L. White
Organist
TM
Tania McDonald-Tomlinson
Sheep - Nativity Choir (as Brittany Anderson)
MG
Mark Gilbert
Wise Man - Nativity Choir
MM
Michael Marshall
Wise Man - Nativity Choir
KM
Kevin Mitchell
Painting Singer
DB
Debbie Benitez
Store Owner's Wife (uncredited)
MH
Marianne Hettinger
Robbery Witness (uncredited)
AL
Anibal O. Lleras
Pizza Man (uncredited)
DM
David Madison
Defendant (uncredited)
AA
Adam Alexi-Malle
Robbery Witness (uncredited)
JJ
John Rowe Jr.
Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)
DS
Derrick Simmons
Robber (uncredited)
RS
Ronald Sylvers
Congregation Member (uncredited)
Departments
26Production
- Debra D. JeffreysAssistant Production Manager
- Bonnie HlinomazAssociate Producer
- Paula HeroldCasting
- Stephanie CorsaliniCasting Associate
- Debra Martin ChaseCo-Producer
- Timothy M. BourneCo-Producer
- Donald De LineExecutive In Charge Of Production
- John Bard ManulisExecutive In Charge Of Production
- Elliot AbbottExecutive Producer
- Robert GreenhutExecutive Producer
- Samuel Goldwyn Jr.Producer
- Amy LemischUnit Production Manager
Sound
- Diane WarrenSongs
- Dennis DrummondSupervising Sound Editor
Art
- Dennis BradfordArt Direction
- George DeTitta Jr.Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up
- Lisa HazellAssistant Hairstylist
- Larry M. CherryHairstylist
- Kenneth WalkerKey Hair Stylist
- Michele ParisMakeup Artist
- Edna SheenMakeup Artist
- Ellie WinslowMakeup Artist
Writing
- Robert NathanNovel
- Robert E. SherwoodOriginal Film Writer
- Leonardo BercoviciOriginal Film Writer
Directing
- H.H. CooperSecond Assistant Director