Pocketful of Miracles is a 1961 American comedy film starring Bette Davis and Glenn Ford, and directed by Frank Capra. The screenplay by Hal Kanter and Harry Tugend is based on the screenplay Lady for a Day by Robert Riskin, which was adapted from the Damon Runyon short story "Madame La Gimp". The film proved to be the final project for both Capra and veteran actor Thomas Mitchell but also featured the film debut of Ann-Margret. Supporting player Peter Falk was nominated for an Academy Award but George Chakiris won that year for West Side Story. The 1989 film Miracles starring Jackie Chan and... Anita Mui is based on Pocketful of Miracles. Dave the Dude is a successful, very superstitious New York City gangster who buys apples from street peddler Apple Annie to bring him good luck. On the eve of a very important meeting, he finds Annie terribly upset. Annie, it turns out, has a daughter named Louise , who was sent to a school in Europe as a child, but is now a grown woman. Louise believes her mother to be wealthy socialite Mrs. E.
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| Release date: | December 18, 1961 |
| Directed by: | Frank Capra |
| Runtime: | 136 Minutes |
| Producer: | Frank Capra |
| Editor: | Frank P. Keller |
| Screenplay by: | Robert Riskin, Harry Tugend, Hal Kanter, Jimmy Cannon |
| Estimated budget: | $2,900,000 |
| Adapted from: | Madame La Gimp |
| Genre: | Comedy |