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Fall From Grace is a film of genre Drama directed by Karen Arthur released in USA on 28 april 1990 with Kevin Spacey
Fall From Grace (1990)
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Add to a movie listFall from Grace is a made-for-TV movie about the lives of Jim Bakker and his then-wife, Tammy Faye Bakker during the 1980s, and stars Kevin Spacey and Bernadette Peters in their lead roles. The film aired on NBC on April 29, 1990, as well as occasional reruns in later years on the Lifetime Movie Network, and depicts the events that led to the PTL scandal and the Bakkers' subsequent downfall.
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In the 1980s, televangelist and PTL Club founder Jim Bakker (Spacey), and his wife Tammy (Peters), decide to expand their PTL television ministry to include a village resort with an amusement park, which they christen Heritage USA.Actors
Kevin Spacey
(Jim Bakker)
Bernadette Peters
(Tammy Faye Bakker)
Richard Herd
(Richard Dortch)
Beth Grant
(Paulene)
Richard Paul
(Rev. Jerry Fallwell)
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