Pocketful of Miracles (1961)

NR12/18/1961Comedy, Drama2h 16m
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Overview

A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when the peddler learns her daughter is marrying royalty.

Top Billed Cast

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    Glenn Ford

    Dave 'The Dude' Conway

  2. Cast 1

    Bette Davis

    Apple Annie

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    Hope Lange

    Elizabeth 'Queenie' Martin

  4. Cast 1

    Arthur O'Connell

    Count Alfonso Romero

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    Peter Falk

    Joy Boy

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    Thomas Mitchell

    Judge Henry G. Blake

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    Edward Everett Horton

    Hudgins

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    Mickey Shaughnessy

    Junior

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    David Brian

    Governor

The start of this film reminded me of the lady who sold bird seed in "Mary Poppins" - the down-at-heel but kind hearted "Annie" (Bette Davis) who scrapes a living together thanks largely to the generosity of local gangster "Dude" (Glenn Ford). What nobody else knows, however, is that she secretly has a daughter living in Spain who thinks her mother is wealthy, living in a suite at a fancy hotel. When "Louise" (Ann-Margret) writes to say that she will soon visit with her fiancée - A Spanish aristocrat; this throws quite a spanner in the works for "Annie". Luckily, "Dude" is determined to rope i...