Leap of Faith (film)

Leap of Faith is a 1992 American dramedy film, directed by Richard Pearce and starring Steve Martin, Debra Winger, Lolita Davidovich, Liam Neeson and Lukas Haas. The film is about Jonas Nightengale, a fraudulent Christian faith healer who uses his revival meetings, in Rustwater, Kansas, to bilk believers out of their money.

Their bus breaks down in the fictional Rustwater, Kansas, a town with apercent unemployment rate that is in desperate need of rain to save its crops. Learning they will be stuck in Rustwater for days waiting for replacement parts to come in for one of the many big trucks of their fleet, Jonas decides, in an effort to cut some of their losses while the truck is being repaired, to hold revival meetings despite the towns small size. Early on Jonas meets Marva, a waitress in a local caf. She rebuffs his persistent advances.Local sheriff Will Braverman Liam Neeson is skeptical and tries to prevent his townspeople from being conned out of what little money they do have. After seeing the excessive pageantry of the first show and the counting of money by the team on Jonas tour bus, Braverman decides to investigate Jonas past. He learns that Jonas, claiming to have been born in a humble log cabin in the Appalachians, is in fact Jack Newton, a native of New York City. Between the age ofandhe lived a life of crime, including petty theft and drug possession. Braverman shares this information with the townspeople who have gathered for another tent revival. Jonas storms off the stage, soon returning to successfully spin Bravermans report, leaving the crowd more energized than ever, much to Bravermans exasperation. ........

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