A Pocketful of Miracles (1961)

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NR | 2 hr 16 mins | Comedy, Remake | Now Playing

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Synopsis:

An aging fruit vendor, who has been deceiving her grown daughter that she's a wealthy millionaress (the daughter was raised in Europe), gets in a pickle when her daughter announces her arrival in the States with her new fiance. The mother then enlists the help of one of her daily customers, a big-time mobster who spends the money to create the lavish setting of living to continue the charade.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
12/1/1961

Studio	Credit
United Artists Pictures Inc.	Studio
Director	Credit
Frank Capra	Director
Cast	Credit
Glenn Ford	Dave Conway
Bette Davis	Apple Annie
Hope Lange	Elizabeth Martin
Arthur O'Connell	Count Alfonso Romero
Peter Falk	Joy Boy
Thomas Mitchell	Judge Henry G Blake
Edward Everett Horton	Hutchins
Mickey Shaughnessy	Junior
David Brian	Governer
Sheldon Leonard	Steve Darcey
Peter Mann	Carlos Romero
Ann-Margret	Louise
Barton MacLane	Police Commissioner
John Litel	Police Inspector McCrary
Jerome Cowan	Mayor
Jay Novello	Cortega--the Spanish Counsel
Frank Ferguson	Editor
Willis Bouchey	Editor
Fritz Feld	Pierre
Ellen Corby	Soho Sal
Gavin Gordon	Mr Cole--the Hotel Manager
Benny Rubin	Flyaway
Jack Elam	Cheesecake
Mike Mazurki	Big Mike
Hayden Rorke	Capt Moore
Doodles Weaver	Pool Player
Paul E Burns	Mallethead
Angelo S Rossitto	Angie
Edgar Stehli	Gloomy
George E Stone	Shimley
William F Sauls	Smiley
Tom Fadden	Herbie
Snub Pollard	Knuckles
Byron Foulger	Lloyd--the Assistant Hotel Manager
Betty Bronson	Mayor's Wife
Romo Vincent	Kidnapped Reporter
Production Credits	Credit
Frank Capra	Producer
Glenn Ford	Associate Producer
Joseph Sistrom	Associate Producer
Distribution Companies	Credit
United Artists Pictures Inc.	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Writer	Credit
Damon Runyon	From Story
Hal Kanter	Screenplay
Harry Tugend	Screenplay
Art Department	Credit
Sam Comer	Set Decorator
Hal Pereira	Art Director - art direction
Ray Moyer	Set Decorator
Roland Anderson	Art Director - art direction
Film Camera	Credit
Robert Bronner	Director of Photography
Music	Credit
Tom Blackburn	Song - songs
Sammy Cahn	Theme Lyrics ti
Walter Scharf	Music
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky	Music
George Bruns	Song - songs
Jimmy Van Heusen	Music
Production Management	Credit
Arthur S Black Jr	Assistant Director
Visual Effects	Credit
Faricot Edouart	Special Effects
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Edith Head	Costume Designer - costume design
Wally Westmore	Makeup
Walter Plunkett	Costume Designer - costume design

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