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

Pennies from Heaven

7.2 / 10 7.2 1936 1h 21mNR
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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.

Directed by Norman Z. McLeod

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Bing Crosby
Bing CrosbyLarry Poole
Madge Evans
Madge EvansSusan Sprague
Edith Fellows
Edith FellowsPatsy Smith
Louis Armstrong
Louis ArmstrongHenry
Donald Meek
Donald MeekGramp Smith
John Gallaudet
John GallaudetJ. C. Hart
William Stack
William StackClarence B. Carmichael
Nana Bryant
Nana BryantMiss Howard
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