Pennies from Heaven (1981)
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Directors
Herbert Ross
Cast
Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Jessica Harper, Vernel Bagneris, Christopher Walken
The story
In 1934, Chicago sheet-music salesman Arthur Parker is going through hard times. His business is failing, and his wife Joan refuses to give him the money she inherited from her father to start his own business. Arthur's dream is to live in a world that is like the songs he tries to sell.
Genres
Musical, Romance Film, drama film, musical film, romance film, satanic film
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