Damon Runyon's fairytale, sweet and funny, is told by director Frank Capra. Boozy, brassy Apple Annie, a beggar with a basket of apples, is as much as part of downtown New York as old Broadway itself. Bootlegger Dave the Dude is a sucker for her apples --- he thinks they bring him luck. But Dave and girlfriend Queenie Martin need a lot more than luck when it turns out that Annie is in a jam and only they can help: Annie's daughter Louise, who has lived all her life in a Spanish convent, is coming to America with a Count and his son. The count's son wants to marry Louise, who thinks her mother is part of New York society. It's up to Dave and Queenie and their Runyonesque cronies to turn Annie into a lady and convince the Count and his son that they are hobnobbing with New York's elite.
Rotten Tomatoes: Fresh 63% / Audience 72%
Rated Unrated, 2 hr 16 mins
Bette Davis | Apple Annie |
Glenn Ford | Dave 'the Dude' Conway |
Hope Lange | Elizabeth "Queenie" Martin |
Peter Falk | Joy Boy |
Thomas Mitchell | Judge Henry G. Blake |
Peter Mann | Carlos Romero |
Arthur O'Connell | Count Alfonso Romero |
Edward Everett Horton | Hutchins |
Mickey Shaughnessy | Junior |
Ann-Margret | Louise |
David Brian | Governor |
Sheldon Leonard | Steve Darcey |