Pennies from Heaven (1936)

7.2/10 81 min Comedy Drama Music

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.

Cast

Bing Crosby

Larry Poole

Madge Evans

Susan Sprague

Edith Fellows

Patsy Smith

Louis Armstrong

Henry

Donald Meek

Gramp Smith

John Gallaudet

J. C. Hart

William Stack

Clarence B. Carmichael

Nana Bryant

Miss Howard

Tom Dugan

Crowbar Miller

Nydia Westman

Slavey - Hotel Maid

Mickey Daniels

Hay Wagon Driver (uncredited)

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