POCKETFUL OF MIRACLES (1961) "FROM A COCKROACH TO A BUTTERFLY"

Pocketful of Miracles is a 1961 American comedy film starring Bette Davis Glenn Ford, Peter Falk, Hope Lange, Thomas Mitchell, Arthur O,Connell, and Ann-Margret , and directed by Frank Capra. The screenplay by Hal Kanter and Harry Tugend is based on the screenplay Lady for a Day by Robert Riskin, which was adapted from the Damon Runyon short story "Madame La Gimp".

The film proved to be the final project for both Capra and veteran actor Thomas Mitchell but also featured the film debut of Ann-Margret.

Supporting player Peter Falk was nominated for an Academy Award but Peter Ustinov won that year for Spartacus