Pennies from Heaven (1981)

Pennies from Heaven is a 1981 musical film. The film was based on a 1978 BBC television drama. In 1981, Dennis Potter adapted his own screenplay for a film of the same name for American audiences, with its setting changed to Depression era Chicago. Potter was nominated for the 1981 Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay, but lost to On Golden Pond. The film starred Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Christopher Walken and Jessica Harper. The director was Herbert Ross and the choreographer was Danny Daniels.

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Cast:

• Accordion man — Vernel Bagneris
• Arthur Parker — Steve Martin
• Vernel Bagneris
• Counterman-((Duke Stroud))
• Detective — John Karlen
• Eileen (a.k.a. "Lulu") — Bernadette Peters
• Jessica Harper
• Joan Parker — Jessica Harper
• Steve Martin
• Mr. Warner — John McMartin
• Bernadette Peters
• Tom — Christopher Walken
• Christopher Walken