Rent Finian's Rainbow (1968)
3.2 of 5 from 55 ratings
2h 19min
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- Synopsis:
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 arc 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 Giocca 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. - Actors:
- Fred Astaire, Petula Clark, Tommy Steele, Don Francks, Keenan Wynn, Barbara Hancock, Al Freeman Jr., Ronald Colby, Dolph Sweet, Wright King, Louil Silas, Brenda Arnau, Charles Carter, Robert Cleaves, Robert Cole, Willie Covan, Evelyn Dutton, Martin Eric, Joe Evans, Talya Ferro
- Directors:
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Producers:
- Jospeh Landon
- Writers:
- E.Y. Harburg, Fred Saidy
- Others:
- Ray Heindorf, Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Studio Sound Department
- Studio:
- Warner
- Genres:
- Children & Family, Classics, Music & Musicals
- Collections:
- Fred and Ginger: Duets and Solos, The Coppola Clan: Hollywood's Most Creative Family, The Golden Age of British Pop Musicals, Top Films of 1968
