Written and directed by Robert Duvall, The Apostle also features Duval as the central character in this biopic of Eulis F. Dewey, a self-proclaimed holiness preacher who admits to his wife, played by Farah Fawcett, to having a "wandering eye" and actual infidelities, but also adamantly declares his love for his wife, his children, and his Lord. Beginning at the scene of a tragic automobile accident, Dewey pulls over to surmise the situation. His mother, (June Carter Cash) remains in the car at his bidding as he makes his way to a vehicle out in the tall grasses of a field, almost, as it were, led by a spiritual force. Upon finding a young man at the wheel, and his motionless girlfriend at his side, he speaks only to the young man's spiritual condition, the need to repent and believe upon Jesus for the salvation of his soul. An officer approaches and insists that he must leave the scene and finally succeeds in getting him to return to his car. He drives his mother home, readies to leave, but she pulls what apparently is her usual stunt of requesting her blanket, and he returns to find her on the floor. He simply covers her and says that he has to go, and jokes about her speaking to St. Peter for him in glory. To be continued...
What does Dewey comment on regarding the man in the automobile accident?
Spiritual condition