锦囊妙计(1961)

“弗兰克·卡普拉”导演的《锦囊妙计》是一部非常好的电影，加上格伦·福特,贝蒂·戴维斯,Hope Lange,阿瑟·奥康纳,彼得·法尔克,托马斯·米切尔,爱德华·艾沃瑞特·霍顿,米基·肖夫尼西,大卫·布莱恩,谢尔登·伦纳德,Peter Mann,安-玛格丽特,巴顿·麦克莱恩,约翰·利特尔,杰罗姆·柯万等演员的加盟，使这部原本平淡的剧本焕发出新的光彩，赢得了观众的高度评价。

　　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.