Pocketful of Miracles

Pocketful of Miracles
Theatrical release poster
Directed byFrank Capra
Screenplay by
Based on
Madame la Gimp
1929 story in Cosmopolitan
by
Produced byFrank Capra
Starring
CinematographyRobert J. Bronner
Edited byFrank P. Keller
Music byWalter Scharf
Production
company
Franton Productions
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • December 19, 1961 (1961-12-19)
Running time
137 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2.9 million
Box office$5 million ($51 million in 2023 dollars)
$2.5 million (US/Canada)[1]

Pocketful of Miracles is a 1961 American comedy film starring Glenn Ford and Bette Davis, produced and directed by Frank Capra, filmed in Panavision. The screenplay by Hal Kanter and Harry Tugend was based on Robert Riskin's screenplay for the 1933 film Lady for a Day, which was adapted from the 1929 Damon Runyon short story "Madame La Gimp". That original 1933 film was also directed by Capra—one of two films that he originally directed and later remade, the other being Broadway Bill (1934) and its remake Riding High (1950).

The film was the final project for both Capra and Thomas Mitchell. It marked Ann-Margret's film debut.

Peter Falk was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

  1. ^ "Big Rental Pictures of 1962". Variety. 9 Jan 1963. p. 13. Please note these are rentals and not gross figures

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