Pocketful of Miracles is a 1961 American comedy film directed by Frank Capra. The screenplay by Hal Kanter and Harry Tugend is based on the screenplay Lady for a Day by Robert Riskin, which was adapted from the Damon Runyon short story Madame La Gimp.
The film proved to be the final project for both Capra and veteran actor Thomas Mitchell. It also featured the film debut of Ann-Margret.
Dave the Dude is a successful but very superstitious New Yor...
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Pocketful of Miracles is a 1961 American comedy film directed by Frank Capra. The screenplay by Hal Kanter and Harry Tugend is based on the screenplay Lady for a Day by Robert Riskin, which was adapted from the Damon Runyon short story Madame La Gimp.
The film proved to be the final project for both Capra and veteran actor Thomas Mitchell. It also featured the film debut of Ann-Margret.
Dave the Dude is a successful but very superstitious New York City gangster who buys apples from street peddler Apple Annie to bring him good luck. On the eve of a very important meeting, he learns Annie has an adult daughter named Louise, who was sent to a school in Europe as a child. Louise believes Annie is wealthy socialite Mrs. E. Worthington Manville, and she is bringing her aristocratic fiancé Carlos and his father, Count Alfonso Romero, to the States to meet her mother.
Dave's girlfriend Queenie Martin convinces him to help Annie continue her charade for the benefit of Louise. While Queenie...
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