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Pocketful of Miracles

1961 · 136 min

A warm, sentimental comedy with a big heart, offering gentle laughs and a feel-good story about unlikely kindness.

Tagline
You have to see it to belove it!
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.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • identity
  • class
  • love
  • friendship
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism5
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Frank Capra
Written by
Harry Tugend, Hal Kanter
Starring
Glenn Ford, Bette Davis, Hope Lange, Arthur O'Connell, Peter Falk, Thomas Mitchell, Edward Everett Horton, Mickey Shaughnessy
Music
Jimmy Van Heusen, Walter Scharf
Cinematography
Robert J. Bronner
Runtime
136 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, Spanish

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