Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
Comedy, Drama • 2h 16m
Director: Frank Capra
Cast: Glenn Ford, Bette Davis, Hope Lange, Arthur O'Connell, Peter Falk, Thomas Mitchell, Edward Everett Horton, Mickey Shaughnessy, David Brian, Sheldon Leonard, Peter Mann, Ann-Margret, Barton MacLane, John Litel, Jerome Cowan, Jay Novello, Frank Ferguson, Willis Bouchey, Fritz Feld, Ellen Corby, Gavin Gordon, Benny Rubin, Jack Elam, Mike Mazurki, Hayden Rorke, Doodles Weaver, Abdullah Abbas, Sam Bagley, Benjie Bancroft, Herman Belmonte, Phil Bloom, Willie Bloom, Nina Borget, Betty Bronson, Ralph Brooks, Paul E. Burns, Mushy Callahan, George Calliga, James J. Casino, Marc Cavell, Albert Cavens, Noble 'Kid' Chissell, Charles Cirillo, Michael Cirillo, Bing Conley, Paul Cristo, Jacqueline deWit, Alphonso DuBois, Josip Elic, Joe Evans, Bess Flowers, Peter Ford, Eddie Foster, Byron Foulger, Joseph Glick, Jack Gordon, Joe Gray, James Griffith, Chuck Hamilton, Peter Hansen, Sam Harris, Stuart Holmes, Chester Jones, Richard Karlan, Kenner G. Kemp, John Lawrence, Robert Locke Lorraine, Bert Madrid, Mike Mahoney, Kermit Maynard, Joe McTurk, William Meader, Paul Micale, Jim Michael, Steve Mitchell, Ralph Montgomery, Kate Murtagh, George Nardelli, Billy Nelson, Paul Newlan, Daniel Nunez, Norman Papson, Charles Perry, Harry 'Snub' Pollard, Amanda Randolph, Fred Rapport, Paul Ravel, Leoda Richards, Clark Ross, Michael Ross, Angelo Rossitto, Phil Schumacher, Vito Scotti, Scott Seaton, Jack Shea, Stephen Soldi, Edgar Stehli, Bert Stevens, George E. Stone, Charles Sullivan, Harry Swoger, Hal Taggart, Dub Taylor, Kelly Thordsen, Arthur Tovey, Romo Vincent, Sailor Vincent, Dick Wessel, Grace Lee Whitney, Chalky Williams, Harry Wilson
Best English-friendly & video release
BFI significantly better than Kino Lorber even though same restoration http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/blu-ray_reviews_64/pocketful_of_miracles_blu-ray.htm
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About the film
A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when the peddler learns her daughter is marrying royalty.
Director: Frank Capra
Director: Frank Capra
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
1986 Columbia VHS
Director: Frank Capra
1991 Republic Pictures LaserDisc
Sony Frank Capra Boxset 4K Blu-ray
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StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray (part of Jacques Tati boxset releasing December 2026)
Director: Akira Kurosawa
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Director: Ingmar Bergman
Director: Martin Rosen
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Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Director: F. W. Murnau
2006 Restoration: Eureka Blu-ray
1995 photochemical restoration: BFI Blu-ray
Eureka with Murnau institute restoration featuring score based on original score, BFI uses Photoplay restoration with James Bernard score
Both Eureka and BFI Blu-rays are worthy of owning. Each restoration has unique positives and extras. The James Bernard score on the BFI is outstanding and the image tinting is different to how the Murnau institute official restoration was done. The Eureka MoC Blu-ray is stuffed with extras and remains one of the best-made Blu-rays of all time. Whatever you do: AVOID THE Kino Lorber Blu-ray!!! It uses the same Murnau institute restoration but drops frames for the whole feature - thus it loses a significant portion of the film! This was never acknowledged or addressed. The Kino Lorber Blu-ray remains one of the worst Blu-rays of all time for this reason.
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Video format: 4K Streaming
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Film Masters youtube (raw scan)
More Comedy on Blu-ray
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Jack Conway
4K restoration from safety preservation elements
4K restoration from safety preservation elements
Director: Jack Conway
4K restoration from safety preservation elements
Director: William Dieterle
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
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