Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
You have to see it to believe it!
Starring Glenn Ford, Bette Davis, Hope Lange
Directed by Frank Capra
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.
Runtime: 136 min.
Rating: 7.3
DVD
Languages: English,Spanish
Countries: United States of America
Genres: Comedy,Drama
Keywords: new york city,prohibition era,deception,apple,luck,dowager,high society,1930s
Cast
Dave 'The Dude' Conway
Apple Annie
Elizabeth 'Queenie' Martin
Alfonso Romero
Joy Boy
Henry G. Blake
Hutchins
Junior
Governor
Steve Darcey
Louise
Police Commissioner
Police Inspector McCrary
Mayor
Cortego
Newspaper Editor
Newspaper Editor
Pierre
Soho Sal
Mr. Cole
Flyaway
Cheesecake
Big Mike
Police Captain Moore
Pool Player
Mayor's Wife (uncredited)
Mallethead (uncredited)
Reporter at Dock (uncredited)
Pedestrian Entering Club (uncredited)
Lloyd (uncredited)
Newspaper Editor (uncredited)
Knuckles (uncredited)
Annie's Neighbor (uncredited)
Shimkey (uncredited)
Governor of Florida (uncredited)
Queenie's Broad (uncredited)
Carlos Romero
Herbie (uncredited)
Dock Extra (uncredited)
Slop (uncredited)
Passerby with Umbrella (uncredited)
Truck-Driving Hood (uncredited)