Pocketful of Miracles(Movie, 1961)

Name: Pocketful of Miracles
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1961
Duration: T02:16:00
Rating: 3.7

| 2h 16min | Genres: Comedy, Drama

Rating: 3.7/5 (with 70 votes)

Pocketful of Miracles is a 1961 American comedy film starring Glenn Ford and Bette Davis, produced and directed by Frank Capra, filmed in Panavision. The screenplay by Hal Kanter and Harry Tugend was based on Robert Riskin's screenplay for the 1933 film Lady for a Day, which was adapted from the 1929 Damon Runyon short story "Madame La Gimp". That original 1933 film was also directed by Capra—one of two films that he originally directed and later remade, the other being Broadway Bill (1934) and its remake Riding High (1950). The film was the final project for both Capra and Thomas Mitchell. It marked Ann-Margret's film debut. Peter Falk was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. ()

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Awards & Nominations for Pocketful of Miracles

nominated for: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nominated for: Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color

About Pocketful of Miracles

Boozy, brassy Apple Annie, a beggar with a basket of apples, is as much a part of downtown New York as old Broadway itself. Bootlegger Dave the Dude is a sucker for her apples -- he thinks they bring him luck. But Dave and girlfriend Queenie Martin need a lot more than luck when it turns out that Annie is in a jam and only they can help: Annie's daughter Louise, who has lived all her life in a Spanish convent, is coming to America with a Count and his son. The count's son wants to marry Louise, who thinks her mother is part of New York society. It's up to Dave and Queenie and their cronies to turn Annie into a lady and convince the Count and his son that they are hobnobbing with New York's elite.

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Pocketful of Miracles (1961) ORIGINAL Trailer(Trailer, 3:01)

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Plays in: New York City (NYC)

Based on: "Lady for a Day" (movie, 1933)

Derivative works/Adaptions: "Miracles" (movie, 1989)

Made by: Franton Production

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN), Spanish (ES)

Translated into 15 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Persian (FA), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 12/18/1961

Cast: Glenn Ford, Bette Davis, Hope Lange, Arthur O'Connell, Peter Falk, Mickey Shaughnessy, Ann-Margret, Thomas Mitchell, Edward Everett Horton, Barton MacLane, Sheldon Leonard, Fritz Feld, Ellen Corby, Jack Elam, Hayden Rorke, Angelo Rossitto, Edgar Stehli, Gavin Gordon, Jacqueline deWit, James Griffith, Mike Mazurki, Willis Bouchey, Jerome Cowan, Bernard Fein, Grace Lee Whitney, George E. Stone, Betty Bronson, Bess Flowers, John Litel, Snub Pollard, Kelly Thordsen, Kermit Maynard, Tom Fadden, Peter Mann, Jay Novello, Byron Foulger, Peter Hansen

Director: Frank Capra

Producer: Frank Capra

Screenwriter: Robert Riskin, Hal Kanter, Harry Tugend

Film Editor: Frank P. Keller

Director of Photography: Robert J. Bronner

Composer: Walter Scharf

Production Designer: Roland Anderson

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Un gángster para un milagro"

Keywords: high society, prohibition era, deception, apple, new york city, luck, 1930s, dowager

Budget: 2,900,000 USD

Revenue: 5,000,000 USD (= 172%)

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