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Pennies from Heaven

"FUN...when Crosby croons himself out of jail and lands on a merry-go-round with the meanest of brats!"

Larry Poole, in prison on a false charge, promises an inmate that when he gets out he will look up and help out a family. The family turns out to be a young girl, Patsy Smith, and her elderly grandfather who need lots of help. This delays Larry from following his dream and going to Venice and becoming a gondolier. Instead, he becomes a street singer and, while singing in the street, meets a pretty welfare worker, Susan Sprague. She takes a dim view of Patsy's welfare under the guardianship of Larry and her grandfather and starts proceedings to have Patsy placed in an orphanage.

Top Cast

  • Bing Crosby

    Bing Crosby

    Larry Poole

  • Madge Evans

    Madge Evans

    Susan Sprague

  • Edith Fellows

    Edith Fellows

    Patsy Smith

  • Louis Armstrong

    Louis Armstrong

    Henry

  • Donald Meek

    Donald Meek

    Gramp Smith

  • John Gallaudet

    John Gallaudet

    J. C. Hart

  • William Stack

    William Stack

    Clarence B. Carmichael

  • Nana Bryant

    Nana Bryant

    Miss Howard

  • Tom Dugan

    Tom Dugan

    Crowbar Miller

Overview

Larry Poole, in prison on a false charge, promises an inmate that when he gets out he will look up and help out a family. The family turns out to be a young girl, Patsy Smith, and her elderly grandfather who need lots of help. This delays Larry from following his dream and going to Venice and becoming a gondolier. Instead, he becomes a street singer and, while singing in the street, meets a pretty welfare worker, Susan Sprague. She takes a dim view of Patsy's welfare under the guardianship of Larry and her grandfather and starts proceedings to have Patsy placed in an orphanage.

Rating

7.2 / 10
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