

Finian's Rainbow
"Let yourself glow."
Overview
An Irish immigrant and his daughter arrive in Kentucky with a magical piece of gold that alters the course of several lives, including those of a struggling farmer and an African American community facing persecution from a bigoted politician.
Movie Details
Budget
$3.5M
$3,500,000
Revenue
$11.6M
$11,600,000
Languages
English
Studio
Warner Bros.-Seven Arts
Key Crew

E.Y. Harburg
Screenplay

Francis Ford Coppola
Director
Cast

Fred Astaire
Finian McLonergan

Petula Clark
Sharon McLonergan

Tommy Steele
'Og' the Leprechaun

Don Francks
Woody Mahoney

Keenan Wynn
Senator Billboard Rawkins

Barbara Hancock
Susan the Silent

Al Freeman Jr.
Howard
Ronald Colby
Buzz Collins

Dolph Sweet
Sheriff

Wright King
District Attorney
Louil Silas
Henry

Brenda Arnau
Sharecropper 'Necessity' (uncredited)
Avon Long
Passion Pilgrim Gospeller (uncredited)

Roy Glenn
Passion Pilgrim Gospeller (uncredited)
Jester Hairston
Passion Pilgrim Gospeller (uncredited)
Charles Carter
Sharecropper (uncredited)
Sterling Clark
Sharecropper (uncredited)

Robert Cleaves
Geologist (uncredited)
Robert Cole
Sharecropper (uncredited)
Willie Covan
Sharecropper (uncredited)