vincentlynch-moonoi Runyonesque era films rarely interest me. I made an exception for the Clan in "Robin And The Seven Hoods".I didn't expect this film to catch my fancy either, but there are enough unique aspects to this film to make it well worthwhile watching.1. This has to be the strangest choice of a role ever made by Bette Davis. Even stranger than "Baby Jane". So, it's worth watching this film just to see Bette Davis in this most unique role. And, although it certainly plays against her "type", she does superbly.2. This was the last film project for director Frank Capra. And yes, it is "Capracorn", but I usually enjoy "Capracorn".3. This was also the last film for the wonderful character actor Thomas Mitchell, a veteran of Capra films, including "Lost Horizon".4. A good performance by Hope Lange.5. The big screen debut of Ann-Margaret.6. An elderly Edward Everett Horton, another veteran of other Frank Capra films going way back to "Lost Horizon". Not to mention a number of other well-recognizable character actors.So what's to criticize? Well, it is a bit longish -- 2:16 minutes, and I think some of the early scenes could have been edited a big. And the ending seemed hurried and a bit illogical. Aside from that, if you like Runyonesque stories -- and perhaps even if you don't -- you should give this film a look. As I indicated, there are many unique features to it...enough to make it nearly an historic film.

Armand in this case, the name of director is the best definition for the movie. like many of movies by Capra, Pocketful of Miracles is a superb fairy tale. but not only. Bette Davis does an admirable job and Ann Margret is charming at whole at first steps on screen. Glen Ford is a special gangster and Hope Lange far to be a surprise. a family film who represents gate to another time. a film about values, hopes and mankind . and, sure, about magic in a profound and lovely sense. a film who, out of artistic value, is a trip in an useful atmosphere heart. that is its best virtue. and the source of delicate joy after its end. because the romanticism and the friendship are essential pillars. always. for everybody.

flhinton This film was also a remake of a film made in 1933 called Lady For a Day with Warren William and Mae Hopson. But it was an excellent remake. I especially liked Peter Falk's portrayal in this film. The entire cast is really top notch.I don't think anything is as good as the original. But, this film comes very close. The cast is really what makes this version so good. Bette Davis is excellent as is Glenn Ford and Thomas Mitchell. This is also an early film for Ann-Margaret.I, personally, would recommend this film as highly as I would Lady For a Day. By all means, watch both films. They each have an ambiance that makes both movies unique.

Kennedy63 Apple Annie (Bette Davis) makes her living as a gin-sauced, basket-carrying, apple-selling NYC street woman. This motion picture is in color which makes Davis's famous facial expressions, especially her eyes, all the more effective.The people Apple Annie hangs out with are other street vendors who are social misfits of various sorts; but, they have one thing in common: poverty.Apple Annie is well connected with a mobster known as The Dude. Fortunately, he's superstitious. The tough mobster (Glen Ford) believes Apple Annie's apples bring him daily good luck because she says, "God Bless You," to everyone who buys from her.All along Apple Annie's been writing her daughter on stationary from an upper-crusty city apartment complex, in order to pretend that she's a well-to-do lady. When her daughter, Louise (Ann Margaret, in her film debut) writes that she's coming to the city with her potential fiancé', whose father is a Spanish count, Apple Annie's pretense is not only about to be exposed but it could ruin her only child's chance for marrying well enough so that she'll never live in poverty as her mother has.The rest of the story is fabulous: humorous, ingenious, well-casted, scripted and acted. It's anything but a typical mob story.For me, the priceless scenes are between the veteran actor Bette Davis and upstart Ann Margaret. Imagine being able to claim that in your first film you starred as Bette Davis's daughter? Margaret gives a fine first film performance face-to-face with the Queen of the Screen. Peter Faulk does his mobster version of "Columbo," in top form. Davis, in Technicolor, delivers one of the most realistic, heart-felt, truly dramatic metamorphosis characters I've seen.