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Pennies from Heaven ()

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Larry Poole, in prison on a false charge, promise an inmate that when he gets out he will look up and help out a family. The family turns out to be a young girl, Patsy Smith, and her elderly grandfather who need lots of help.
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Larry Poole
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Susan Sprague
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Patsy Smith
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Henry
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Gramp Smith
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J. C. Hart
William Stack ...
Clarence B. Carmichael
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Miss Howard
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Crowbar Miller (as Tommy Dugan)
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Slavey - Hotel Maid
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Eugene Anderson Jr. ...
Boy (uncredited)
William Anderson ...
Western Union Messenger (uncredited)
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Detective Stephens (uncredited)
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Old Man (uncredited)
John Lucky Ball ...
Carnival sword swallower (uncredited)
Jimmy Barnes ...
Boy (uncredited)
Vangie Beilby ...
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Georgie Billings ...
Boy (uncredited)
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Detective Gilroy (uncredited)
Jackie Butler ...
Boy (uncredited)
William Byrne ...
Boy (uncredited)
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Boy (uncredited)
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Mrs. Arbuthnot (uncredited)
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Waiter (uncredited)
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Hay Wagon Driver (uncredited)
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Chicken Farmer (uncredited)
Harry Depp ...
Union Costume Supply Man (uncredited)
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Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
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W.F. Arbuthnot (uncredited)
Budd Fine ...
Prison Guard (uncredited)
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Band Member (uncredited)
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Chaplain (uncredited)
Harry Hollingsworth ...
Prison Guard (uncredited)
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Collector of Taxes (uncredited)
Phyllis Hurst ...
Girl (uncredited)
Sheldon Jett ...
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
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Little Woman at Window (uncredited)
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Sheriff (uncredited)
Gus Leonard ...
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Jack Lindquist ...
Boy (uncredited)
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Musicians (uncredited)
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White-Haired Woman (uncredited)
Martha Manor ...
Little Orphan Girl (uncredited)
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Old Man (uncredited)
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Coin Tosser (uncredited)
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Sign Painter (uncredited)
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Lady (uncredited)
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Smiling Cop in Central Park (uncredited)
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Carnival Concessionaire (uncredited)
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Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
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Restaurant Partner (uncredited)
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Prison Warden (uncredited)

Directed by

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Norman Z. McLeod

Written by

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Katherine Leslie Moore ... (novel "The Peacock Feather") (as Katharine Leslie Moore)
 
William Rankin ... (story)
 
Jo Swerling ... (screenplay)

Produced by

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Emanuel Cohen ... producer

Music by

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William Grant Still ... (uncredited)

Cinematography by

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Robert Pittack ... (photography)

Editing by

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John Rawlins

Art Direction by

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Stephen Goosson

Makeup Department

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Robert J. Schiffer ... makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management

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Earl Rettig ... unit manager (uncredited)

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Sam Nelson ... assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Eric Rohman ... poster artist : Sweden (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Glenn Rominger ... sound recordist (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Eugene Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

Music Department

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George Stoll ... musical director
John Scott Trotter ... music arranger
Howard Jackson ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Louis Silvers ... composer: stock music (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Norman Blackburn ... technical advisor
Curly Twiford ... Animal supplier/trainer (uncredited)
Crew believed to be complete

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Plot Summary

Larry Poole, in prison on a false charge, promise an inmate that when he gets out he will look up and help out a family. The family turns out to be a young girl, Patsy Smith, and her elderly grandfather who need lots of help. This delays Larry from following his dream and going to Venice and becoming a gondolier. Instead he becomes a street singer and, while singing in the street, meets a pretty welfare worker, Susan Sprague. She takes a dim view of Patsy's welfare under the guardianship of Larry and her grandfather, and starts proceedings to have Patsy placed in an orphanage. Written by Les Adams

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Taglines LAUGHS...when a vagabond troubadour yearns for a gondola in Venice and gets a rowboat in Central Park (original poster) See more »
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Also Known As
  • La chanson à deux sous (France)
  • La chanson de deux sous (Belgium, French title)
  • Pengar från skyn (Sweden)
  • 黄金の雨 (Japan, Japanese title)
  • Tudo a Cantar (Portugal)
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  • 81 min
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Trivia Louis Armstrong was hired for this movie at Bing Crosby's insistence. Crosby also insisted that Armstrong receive prominent billing, the first time a black actor shared top billing with white actors in a major release film. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in The Fabulous Musicals (1963). See more »
Soundtracks Pennies From Heaven See more »
Quotes Susan Sprague: Are you married?
Larry Poole: No, I'm sane!
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