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Musical morality tale about prejudice directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Fred Astaire.
He wears a ratty old cardigan instead of tails, a battered felt hat in place of a topper—but one glimpse of those agile feet and you know he's Fred Astaire. The great entertainer sang and danced his last musical lead in Finian's Rainbow, director Francis Ford Coppola's exuberant movie of the 1947 Broadway hit.
Astaire plays an Irish rogue who plants a stolen crock of leprechaun gold in the soil near Fort Knox to reap what he thinks will be a rich harvest. In tow are his spirited daughter (Petula Clark), a lovestruck leprechaun (Tommy Steele) and a bigoted Southern senator (Keenan Wynn) transformed by misbegotten magic.
The treasurable Burton Lane/E.Y. Harburg score includes "How Are Things in Glocca Morra?," "Look to the Rainbow," "If This Isn't Love," and "Old Devil Moon." Watching it, you'll be in clover. Four-leaf all the way.
Original Release
10/09/1968
US Release
10/09/1968
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Fred Astaire | Finian McLonergan |
Petula Clark | Sharon McLonergan |
Tommy Steele | Og / '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 |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Fred Astaire | Finian McLonergan |
Petula Clark | Sharon McLonergan |
Tommy Steele | Og / '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 |
Brenda Arnau | Sharecropper 'Necessity' |
Charles Carter | Sharecropper |
Sterling Clark | Sharecropper |
Robert Cleaves | Geologist |
Robert Cole | Sharecropper |
Willie Covan | Sharecropper |
Evelyn Dutton | Sharecropper |
Martin Eric | Deputy |
Joe Evans | Sharecropper |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Joel Freeman | Producer |
Joseph Landon | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1969 | Oscar | Best Sound | Nominated |
1969 | Oscar | Best Music, Score of a Musical Picture (Original or Adaptation) | Nominated |
1969 | Golden Globe | Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical | Nominated |
1969 | Golden Globe | Best Actress - Comedy or Musical | Nominated |
1969 | Golden Globe | Best Actor - Comedy or Musical | Nominated |
1969 | Golden Globe | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |
1969 | Golden Globe | Most Promising Newcomer - Female | Nominated |