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Pennies from Heaven

There's a world on both sides of the rainbow where songs come true and every time it rains, it rains Pennies from Heaven.
Dec 11, 1981 · 1h 48m
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Drama
Music
Romance

PLOT

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.

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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
Directed by Herbert Ross

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
$22,000,000
Revenue
$9,171,289
Production
Hera Productions, SLM Production Group, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Country
US

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