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Pennies from Heaven (1981)

There's a world on both sides of the rainbow where songs come true and every time it rains, it rains Pennies from Heaven.

6.1(104)1h 48mDecember 11, 1981

Drama Music Romance

Herbert Ross

Director

Dennis Potter

Writer

Rate

Diary

Overview

During the Great Depression, a sheet music salesman seeks to escape his dreary life through popular music and a love affair with an innocent schoolteacher.

Cast

Steve Martin

Arthur

Bernadette Peters

Eileen

Jessica Harper

Joan

Vernel Bagneris

The Accordion Man

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John McMartin

Mr. Warner

John Karlen

The Detective

Jay Garner

The Banker

Tommy Rall

Ed

Christopher Walken

Tom

Francis X. McCarthy

The Bartender

Raleigh Bond

Mr. Barrett

Gloria LeRoy

A Prostitute

Nancy Parsons

The Old Whore

Jack Fletcher

Elevator Operator

George P. Wilbur

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M.C. Gainey

Young Policeman

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Status: Released
Original language: English
Release date: December 11, 1981
Budget: $22,000,000
Revenue: $9,171,289
Production: Hera Productions, SLM Production Group, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Country: United States of America

Keywords

chicago, illinoismarriagemusicalgreat depressionteacher

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