6.2
“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 (1981)
December 11, 19811h 48mEN
6.1
103 votes
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.
Director
Herbert RossWriter
Where to Watch
Streaming availability for India
Rent
Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$22.0M
Revenue
$9.2M
Production Companies
Hera ProductionsSLM Production GroupMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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Wuchak
5.0***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 characters help them deal with the harsh realities of the Great Depression. Vernel Bagneris plays a homeless accordion player while Christopher Walken is on hand as a pimp. “Pennies from Heaven” (1981) is a drama/musical based on the 1978 British mini-series and written by the same guy. The song & d…
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