Pennies from Heaven

About Pennies from Heaven

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 is a 1981 music romance film directed by Herbert Ross. Steve Martin appears as Arthur, Bernadette Peters as Eileen, Jessica Harper as Joan, and Vernel Bagneris as The Accordion Man.

It runs 108 minutes and was released in December 1981. Written by Dennis Potter. It was produced by SLM Production Group.

Shelv files it under great depression, traveling salesman, musical, and marriage. It scores 6.1 out of 10 from 111 TMDB voters and it carries a R rating.

The Bride!, Monsieur Verdoux, and The Green Mile make useful companions to Pennies from Heaven, all filed under 1930s.