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Pennies From Heaven is a 1978 BBC television drama serial written by Dennis Potter. The title is taken from a song of the same name written by Johnny Burke and Arthur Johnston. It was one of several Potter serials to mix the reality of the drama with a dark fantasy content, and the earliest of his works where the characters burst into miming to popular 1930s songs.
During the Great Depression, a sheet music salesman seeks to escape his dreary life through popular music and a love affair with an innocent schoolteacher.
During the Great Depression, a sheet music salesman seeks to escape his dreary life through popular music and a love affair with an innocent schoolteacher.
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Kenith Trodd
Dennis Potter
director
Bob Hoskins
Arthur Parker
Gemma Craven
Joan Parker
Cheryl Campbell
Eileen
Kenneth Colley
The Accordion Man
Dave King
Police Inspector
Freddie Jones
Headmaster
Philip Jackson
Dave
Spencer Banks
Maurice
Michael Bilton
Dad
Bill Dean
Alf
Bella Emberg
Mrs. Corder
Nigel Havers
Conrad Baker
Rosemary Martin
Marjorie
Robert Putt
Jumbo
Keith Marsh
Will
Roy Holder
Bert
Roger Sloman
Ted
Peter Cellier
Bank Manager
John Malcolm
Detective Inspector
Maryann Turner
Patient
Hywel Bennett
Tom
Phyllis MacMahon
Prostitute
Howard Lew Lewis
Policeman
Vass Anderson
Doctor
Ronald Fraser
Major Archibald Paxville
Paddy Joyce
Tramp
Alan Foss
Waiter
Roger Brierley
Estate Agent
Philip Locke
Farmer
Roy Boyd
Horace
Peter Bowles
Prosecuting Counsel
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