Pocketful of Miracles

– Damon Runyon's fairytale, sweet and funny, is told by director Frank Capra. Boozy, brassy Apple Anni..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.30 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 16 Minutes
Release Year:
1961
Pocketful of Miracles (1961)

Damon Runyon's fairytale, sweet and funny, is told by director Frank Capra. Boozy, brassy Apple Annie, a beggar with a basket of apples, is as much as 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 Runyonesque 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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Producing Country:
USA
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Pocketful of Miracles (1961) - Trailer

Release Date:

15 Feb 1962

Language:

English, American Sign Language, Spanish

MPAA Content-Rating:
Approved

Director:

Frank Capra

Writer:

Hal Kanter (screenplay), Harry Tugend (screenplay), Robert Riskin (based on a screenplay by), Damon Runyon (story)

Main Actors:

Glenn Ford, Bette Davis, Hope Lange, Arthur O'Connell

Plot:

Boozy, brassy Apple Annie, a beggar with a basket of apples, is as much as 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 Runyonesque cronies to turn Annie into a lady and convince the Count and his son that they are hobnobbing with New York's elite.

Awards:

Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 5 nominations.

Production:

MGM Home Entertainment

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
63%