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9 October 1968 (USA) moreTagline:
Let yourself glow morePlot:
A mysterious Irishman, Finian, and his beautiful daughter Sharon, arrive one day in Rainbow Valley,... more | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 1 win & 7 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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Photo Flash: 'Finian's Rainbow' At ActorsNET (From BroadwayWorld.com. 29 June 2009, 12:32 PM, PDT)
Photo Flash: Finian's Rainbow At City Center
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aw, innocence! moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| Fred Astaire | ... | Finian McLonergan | |
| Petula Clark | ... | Sharon McLonergan | |
| Tommy Steele | ... | 'Og' the Leprechaun | |
| Don Francks | ... | Woody Mahoney | |
| Keenan Wynn | ... | Senator Billboard Rawkins | |
| Barbara Hancock | ... | Susan the Silent | |
| Al Freeman Jr. | ... | Howard | |
| Ronald Colby | ... | Buzz Collins | |
| Dolph Sweet | ... | Sheriff | |
| Wright King | ... | District Attorney | |
| Louil Silas | ... | Henry |
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141 minCountry:
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2.20 : 1 moreCertification:
Australia:G | Canada:PG (video rating) | UK:U | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | USA:G | Singapore:PGFun Stuff
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Because of its satire on racism, this popular 1947 Broadway musical was considered such a hot potato in Hollywood that studios would not touch it unless they were allowed to change the story. Its original creators, E.Y. Harburg, Burton Lane and Fred Saidy, held out and by 1968 it was able to be filmed with very few changes. moreGoofs:
Continuity: When Sharon has finished washing her father's shirt, the front of her dress is wet, but when she meets Og the Leprechaun in the well, her dress is dry. moreQuotes:
Woody Mahoney: How'd you get so pretty? And so rich?Sharon McLonergan: Well, you see, in Glocca Morra, where we come from, there's an old legend, and it says: 'You'll never grow old and you'll never grow poor, if you look to the rainbow, beyond the next moor.'
Woody Mahoney: That's a lovely legend.
Sharon McLonergan: Aye.
Woody Mahoney: I wonder who thought it up.
Sharon McLonergan: My father: Finian McLonnergan.
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'Finians Rainbow' with Fred Astaire and Petulia Clark may not be in the same league as 'The Sound of Music' or 'South Pacific' but why should it matter. A movie does not need to be complicated or cost millions to be enjoyed. It has beautiful music, Fred Astaire dancing and a growing Lepricon! What more can you ask for?
I saw 'Finians Rainbow' for the first time (in the '60's) when i was a teenager. I was young and innocent and so was the movie. Now that I'm old, I love to sit back and watch 'Finians Rainbow' and other movies of this ilk ('Calamity Jane', 'Bye,Bye Birdie') and pretend i'm innocent again.