Pennies from Heaven (1981)
Directed by Herbert Ross · 108 min · Drama, Music, Romance
18.9 TOPICAL score · #4,629 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →During the Great Depression, a sheet music salesman seeks to escape his dreary life through popular music and a love affair with an innocent schoolteacher.
Pennies from Heaven (1981, directed by Herbert Ross) has a TOPICAL score of 18.9 - ranked 4,629 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on awards and critics, and lowest on cast. It won 0 awards from 3 nominations. Critics: 83% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7/10 critics' average. Audiences: TMDB 6.1/10 (110 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 12 languages.
Why this score
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- Critics83% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7/10 critics' average
- AudienceTMDB 6.1/10 (110 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 3 nominations
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 12 languages
- Still read13,391 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Steve Martin (actor #751), Bernadette Peters (actor #1,541), Jessica Harper (actor #1,582), Vernel Bagneris