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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."

6.1/10 1h 48m Dec 11, 1981
Drama Music Romance

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

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Movie Details

Original Title Pennies from Heaven
Original Language EN
Budget $22,000,000
Revenue $9,171,289
Status Released
Popularity 0.6

Cast

Steve Martin
Steve Martin
Arthur
Popularity: 2.6
Bernadette Peters
Bernadette Peters
Eileen
Popularity: 1.9
Jessica Harper
Jessica Harper
Joan
Popularity: 0.9
Vernel Bagneris
Vernel Bagneris
The Accordion Man
Popularity: 0.3
John McMartin
John McMartin
Mr. Warner
Popularity: 0.6
John Karlen
John Karlen
The Detective
Popularity: 2.2
Jay Garner
Jay Garner
The Banker
Popularity: 0.5
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Robert Fitch
Al
Popularity: 0.1
Tommy Rall
Tommy Rall
Ed
Popularity: 0.2
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Eliska Krupka
The Blind Girl
Popularity: 0.1
Christopher Walken
Christopher Walken
Tom
Popularity: 4.8
Francis X. McCarthy
Francis X. McCarthy
The Bartender
Popularity: 1.0

Key Crew

Director Herbert Ross
Writer Dennis Potter
Producer Nora Kaye, Herbert Ross
Executive Producer Rick McCallum
Editor Richard Marks

Production

Hera Productions
US
SLM Production Group
US
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
US

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Pennies From Heaven - Trailer
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Pennies from Heaven 1981 TV trailer
Pennies from Heaven 1981 TV trailer
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Keywords

chicago, illinois marriage musical great depression teacher traveling salesman 1930s

Reviews from TMDB

Wuchak 5/10
Feb 23, 2019

***Imagination helps endure the harsh realities of the Depression*** In the 1930s a struggling sheet music salesman (Steve Martin) tries to escape his dreary existence with his prudish wife (Jessica Harper) to pursue his dream and a cute schoolmarm (Bernadette Peters). The imaginations of the cha ... Read more

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Details
Release Date December 11, 1981
Runtime 1h 48m
Budget $22,000,000
Revenue $9,171,289
Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.6
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