Pennies from Heaven

Dec 11, 1981

1h 48m

★ 6.0

There's a world on both sides of the rainbow where songs come true and every time it rains, it rains Pennies from Heaven.

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.

Genres

Drama

Music

Romance

Production Companies

Hera Productions

SLM Production Group

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Cast

Arthur

Steve Martin

Eileen

Bernadette Peters

Joan

Jessica Harper

The Accordion Man

Vernel Bagneris

Mr. Warner

John McMartin

The Detective

John Karlen

The Banker

Jay Garner

Robert Fitch

Tommy Rall

The Blind Girl

Eliska Krupka

Tom

Christopher Walken

The Bartender

Francis X. McCarthy

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