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A Pocketful of Miracles

Rating:No Rating
Genre:Comedy, Drama
Release Date:December 19, 1961
Running time:136 minutes
Cast:Glenn Ford, Bette Davis, Hope Lange, Arthur O'Connell, Peter Falk
Director:Frank Capra

Description: An aging fruit vendor, who has been deceiving her grown daughter that she's a wealthy millionaress (the daughter was raised in Europe), gets in a pickle when her daughter announces her arrival in the States with her new fiance. The mother then enlists the help of one of her daily customers, a big-time mobster who spends the money to create the lavish setting of living to continue the charade.

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