Die unteren Zehntausend
(1961)
Regisseur:
Frank CapraSchauspieler:
Glenn Ford, Bette Davis, Hope Lange, Arthur O'Connell, Peter Falk, Thomas Mitchell, Edward Everett Horton, Mickey Shaughnessy, David Brian, Sheldon Leonard, Ann-Margret, Barton MacLane, John Litel, Jerome Cowan, Jay Novello, Frank FergusonAnnie, eine alte Apfelverkäuferin am Broadway, ist bei jedermann im Viertel beliebt, auch bei dem Ganoven Dave the Duke und seiner Freundin Queenie. Apfel-Annie hat eine Tochter, die in einem spanischen Internat aufgewachsen ist und nun mit ihrem adligen Verlobten nach New York kommen will - was Annie in die Verzweiflung stürzt: Hat sie ihrer Tochter doch jahrelang vorgemacht, sie sei eine reiche Dame der Gesellschaft. Mit Hilfe von Dave und Queenie wird sie das auch.
Frank Capras letzte Regiearbeit basiert auf einer Erzählung Damon Runyons, die Capra schon einmal für die Leinwand adaptiert hatte: 1933 inszenierte er den Stoff unter dem Titel "Lady for a Day".
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.
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.
