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    Pennies From Heaven (1981)

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    Dennis Potter’s TV serial is given the Hollywood treatment here with Steve Martin playing troubled sheet music salesman Arthur Parker.

    It’s set in Chicago during the Depression, where Martin’s frustrated marriage spurs him into a dangerous dalliance with feisty schoolteacher Eileen (Bernadette Peters).

    The drama is offset and enriched by their happy-go-lucky musical numbers – by far the most enjoyable feature of the film.

    The cinematography is rich and slick, the leads are engaging and Christopher Walken’s version of The Full Monty is a showstopper.

    Arthur Parker
    Steve Martin
    Eileen
    Bernadette Peters
    Tom
    Christopher Walken
    Joan
    Jessica Harper
    Accordion man
    Vernel Bagneris
    Mr Warner
    John McMartin
    Detective
    John Karlen
    Banker
    Jay Garner
    Al
    Robert Pitch
    Ed
    Tommy Rail
    Blind girl
    Eliska Krupka
    Bartender
    Frank McCarthy

    Director
    Herbert Ross

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