Movie
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1981-12-11
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Genres
- Drama, Music, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Hera Productions, SLM Production Group, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Steve Martin as Arthur
- Bernadette Peters as Eileen
- Jessica Harper as Joan
- Vernel Bagneris as The Accordion Man
- John McMartin as Mr. Warner
- John Karlen as The Detective
- Jay Garner as The Banker
- Robert Fitch as Al
- Tommy Rall as Ed
- Eliska Krupka as The Blind Girl
- Christopher Walken as Tom
- Francis X. McCarthy as The Bartender
Crew
- Herbert Ross - Director
- Dennis Potter - Writer
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