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Overview

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7.6/10   1,075 votes
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Director:
Frank Capra
Writers:
Robert Riskin (screenplay)
Damon Runyon (story)
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Release Date:
13 September 1933 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
Takes its place among the greatest pictures ever made!
Plot:
A gangster tries to make Aple Annie, the Times Square apple seller a lady for a day full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 4 Oscars. more
User Comments:
Pierre more

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
Warren William ... Dave the Dude
May Robson ... Apple Annie
Guy Kibbee ... Judge Henry G. Blake
Glenda Farrell ... Missouri Martin
Ned Sparks ... Happy
Walter Connolly ... Count Romero
Jean Parker ... Louise
Nat Pendleton ... Shakespeare
Barry Norton ... Carlos
Halliwell Hobbes ... Butler
Hobart Bosworth ... Governor
Robert Emmett O'Connor ... Inspector
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Beggar's Holiday (USA) (working title)
Madame la Gimp (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
96 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Spanish
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)
Certification:
Argentina:Atp | USA:Approved (PCA #1326-R: 29 August 1935 for re-release) | USA:TV-G (TV rating)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Frank Capra would later remake this as Pocketful of Miracles (1961), his final film. more
Goofs:
Continuity: The position of the pool/billiard balls changes between shots in both the pool hall scene and the billiard room scene (obviously to set up the trick shots that follow). more
Quotes:
Dave the Dude - 'Dave Manville': If we have to dig up a husband for Annie, let's to it and get over it.
Happy McGuire: Now you got to dig up a husband for...
[shouting]
Happy McGuire: Where you gonna get a husband just like that?
Dave the Dude - 'Dave Manville': How about you, Happy?
Happy McGuire: Me?
Missouri Martin: Oh, that's a swell idea. I think you'd be just precious.
Happy McGuire: That's a wonderful idea but there's one thing that stands on the way. I got a wife that is very fussy. She don't like me to go around and marrying people!
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Movie Connections:
Version of Pocketful of Miracles (1961) more
Soundtrack:
Santa Lucia more

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5 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:-
Pierre, 24 January 2003
Author: daryl42 from California

All the women are going into the bedroom to fix up the bag lady, hairdressers, manicurists, etc. One man is with the bunch. As he goes in, the head guy says "Hey, he can't go in there." The moll says "Oh, he's OK". The guys looks over, shrugs and says, the word dripping from his lips "Pierre". One of the funniest scenes in movies and one of my favorite one line deliveries.

Otherwise, a funny, sweet film. Seems more naive than the remake which makes it work better.

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