“There's a world on both sides of the rainbow where songs come true and every time it rains, it rains Pennies from Heaven.”
Pennies from Heaven
6.1
105 votes·1981
·1h 48m
·MovieDramaMusicRomance
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.
Commercial Verdict
Disaster
Revenue vs Budget0.4x
0x1x2x3x4x5x
Significant financial loss
Keywords
chicago, illinoismarriagemusicalgreat depressionteachertraveling salesman1930s
Cast
Steve Martin
Arthur
Bernadette Peters
Eileen
Jessica Harper
Joan
Vernel Bagneris
The Accordion Man
John McMartin
Mr. Warner
John Karlen
The Detective
Jay Garner
The Banker
Robert Fitch
Al
Tommy Rall
Ed
Eliska Krupka
The Blind Girl
Christopher Walken
Tom
Francis X. McCarthy
The Bartender
Raleigh Bond
Mr. Barrett
Gloria LeRoy
A Prostitute
Nancy Parsons
The Old Whore
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