Film

Pennies from Heaven

1981 · 1h 48m · Drama · Music · Romance

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

IMDb

6.5

Rotten Tomatoes

83%

Metacritic

64

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.

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

Tommy Rall

Ed

Eliska Krupka

The Blind Girl

Christopher Walken

Tom

Francis X. McCarthy

The Bartender

Raleigh Bond

Mr. Barrett

Gloria LeRoy

A Prostitute

Nancy Parsons

The Old Whore

Toni Kaye

Tart

• Herbert RossDirector · Producer
• Dennis PotterWriter
• Nora KayeProducer
• Rick McCallumExecutive Producer
• Gordon WillisDirector of Photography
• Billy MayOriginal Music Composer
• Ralph BurnsOriginal Music Composer
• Richard MarksEditor
• Ross BrownCasting
• Hank McCannCasting

Pennies From Heaven - TrailerPennies from Heaven 1981 TV trailer

Release date

December 11, 1981

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 48m

Rated

R

Budget

$22,000,000

Revenue

$9,171,289

Genres

Drama, Music, Romance

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