Pocketful of Miracles

Pocketful of Miracles

136 mins | Drama, Comedy | Dec. 18, 1961

Boozy, brassy Apple Annie, a beggar with a basket of apples, is as much a part of downtown New York as old Broadway itself. Bootlegger Dave the Dude is a sucker for her apples -- he thinks they bring him luck. But Dave and girlfriend Queenie Martin need a lot more than luck when it turns out that Annie is in a jam and only they can help: Annie's daughter Louise, who has lived all her life in a Spanish convent, is coming to America with a Count and his son. The count's son wants to marry Louise, who thinks her mother is part of New York society. It's up to Dave and Queenie and their cronies to turn Annie into a lady and convince the Count and his son that they are hobnobbing with New York's elite.

Pocketful of Miracles

136 mins | Drama, Comedy | Dec. 18, 1961

Pocketful of Miracles
Boozy, brassy Apple Annie, a beggar with a basket of apples, is as much a part of downtown New York as old Broadway itself. Bootlegger Dave the Dude is a sucker for her apples -- he thinks they bring him luck. But Dave and girlfriend Queenie Martin need a lot more than luck when it turns out that Annie is in a jam and only they can help: Annie's daughter Louise, who has lived all her life in a Spanish convent, is coming to America with a Count and his son. The count's son wants to marry Louise, who thinks her mother is part of New York society. It's up to Dave and Queenie and their cronies to turn Annie into a lady and convince the Count and his son that they are hobnobbing with New York's elite.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Franton Production
Original title Pocketful of Miracles
Directors Ralph Axness, Arthur S. Black Jr., Frank Capra
Writers Damon Runyon, Robert Riskin, Harry Tugend, Hal Kanter

Cast

Glenn Ford

as Dave 'The Dude' Conway

Bette Davis

as Apple Annie

Hope Lange

as Elizabeth 'Queenie' Martin

Arthur O'Connell

as Alfonso Romero

Peter Falk

as Joy Boy

Thomas Mitchell

as Henry G. Blake

Edward Everett Horton

as Hutchins

Mickey Shaughnessy

as Junior

David Brian

as Governor

Sheldon Leonard

as Steve Darcey

Ann-Margret

as Louise

Barton MacLane

as Police Commissioner

John Litel

as Police Inspector McCrary

Jerome Cowan

as Mayor

Jay Novello

as Cortego

Frank Ferguson

as Newspaper Editor

Willis Bouchey

as Newspaper Editor

Fritz Feld

as Pierre

Ellen Corby

as Soho Sal

Gavin Gordon

as Mr. Cole

Benny Rubin

as Flyaway

Jack Elam

as Cheesecake

Mike Mazurki

as Big Mike

Hayden Rorke

as Police Captain Moore

Doodles Weaver

as Pool Player

Betty Bronson

as Mayor's Wife (uncredited)

Paul E. Burns

as Mallethead (uncredited)

Marc Cavell

as Reporter at Dock (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

as Pedestrian Entering Club (uncredited)

Byron Foulger

as Lloyd (uncredited)

Kermit Maynard

as Newspaper Editor (uncredited)

Harry 'Snub' Pollard

as Knuckles (uncredited)

Amanda Randolph

as Annie's Neighbor (uncredited)

George E. Stone

as Shimkey (uncredited)

Dick Wessel

as Governor of Florida (uncredited)

Grace Lee Whitney

as Queenie's Broad (uncredited)

Peter Mann

as Carlos Romero

Tom Fadden

as Herbie (uncredited)

Bert Stevens

as Dock Extra (uncredited)

Harry Wilson

as Slop (uncredited)

Arthur Tovey

as Passerby with Umbrella (uncredited)

Chuck Hamilton

as Truck-Driving Hood (uncredited)

Angelo Rossitto

as Angie (uncredited)