Finian's Rainbow
Finian's Rainbow
Release: 1968-10-09
·Runtime: 145m
·★ 5.9
Fantasy
Romance
Family
An Irishman and his daughter arrive in the American South with a stolen pot of gold, hoping to make their fortune. Pursued by a leprechaun desperate to recover his treasure, they become entangled in a battle over land, love, and prejudice in Rainbow Valley—where the gold’s magic turns wishes, and lives, upside down.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Warner Bros.-Seven Arts
Cast
Fred Astaire
as Finian McLonergan
Petula Clark
as Sharon McLonergan
Tommy Steele
as 'Og' the Leprechaun
Don Francks
as Woody Mahoney
Keenan Wynn
as Senator Billboard Rawkins
Barbara Hancock
as Susan the Silent
Al Freeman Jr.
as Howard
Dolph Sweet
as Sheriff
Wright King
as District Attorney
Brenda Arnau
as Sharecropper 'Necessity' (uncredited)
Roy Glenn
as Passion Pilgrim Gospeller (uncredited)
Robert Cleaves
as Geologist (uncredited)
Phyllis Kennedy
as Sharecropper (uncredited)
Peter Virgo
as Deputy (uncredited)
Crew
E.Y. Harburg
Screenplay
Francis Ford Coppola
Director
Howard G. Kazanjian
Assistant Director
Jerry Brutsche
Utility Stunts
Hermes Pan
Choreographer
Robert B. Shepard
Playback Singer
Philip H. Lathrop
Director of Photography
Dorothy Jeakins
Costume Design
E.Y. Harburg
Musical
Burton Lane
Songs
E.Y. Harburg
Lyricist