Dear God

"Many people write to God. Somebody is answering."

Nov 1 1996 PG 1h 52m
Comedy

A judge gives con-man Tom Turner a choice—a jail sentence, or a year of honest work. But when he gets a job in the U.S. Post Office's dead letter office, he starts a Good Samaritan con by answering letters written to God. His seemingly virtuous work inspires his co-workers to do the same, but their good deeds are frowned upon by the postmaster general—and the cops.

Plot

Tom Turner is a con man, defrauding people from their money with a variety of two-bit hustles. One night he makes the mistake of attempting to hustle some undercover cops, and finds himself in court faced with the dilemma of either going to jail or getting a real job. Choosing to stay out of jail, he gets a job at the post office working in their Dead Letter Office helping to sort Dead Letters (i.e. mail which, for whatever reason, can't be delivered). Some of the mail he recieves can't be delivered because it's addressed to God, and he accidentally answers (sending them money in the process). This starts the ball rolling as more of his co-workers get in on the idea of helping people by answering "God" mail.

Written by

Warren Leight, Ed Kaplan

Directed by

Garry Marshall

Cast

Greg Kinnear, Laurie Metcalf, Maria Pitillo

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Rysher Entertainment

Languages

English, Italiano

Awards

1 nomination

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