Sally and Saint Anne is a 1952 American comedy film directed by Rudolph Maté and starring Ann Blyth, Edmund Gwenn and John McIntire.
Plot Sally O’Moyne is a schoolgirl who lives with three generations of an eccentric Irish family, including her Grandpa Pat Ryan, who pretends to be close to death. One day at school she can't find her lunch pail so she prays to Saint Anne, asking for her intercession. When her lunch pail is returned to her, Sally begins to believe Saint Anne is performing miracles for her, and her neighbors ask her to pray to the saint for their requests.Ann C. Paietta. Saints, Clergy and Other Religious Figures on Film and Television, 1895-2003, page 134, McFarland, 2005 A few years later land-grabbing Alderman McCarthy wants the O’Moyne's off of their property, and Sally turns to Saint Anne to help them keep their house.Movie of the Week - Sally and Saint Anne, Jet, August 14, 1952, page 66
Cast Ann Blyth as Sally O'Moyne Edmund Gwenn as Grandpa Pat Ryan John McIntire as Alderman Percival Xavier 'Goldtooth' McCarthy Gregg Palmer as Johnny Evans Hugh O'Brian as Danny O'Moyne Jack Kelly as Mike O'Moyne Frances Bavier as Mrs. Kitty 'Mom' O'Moyne Otto Hulett as Pop O'Moyne Kathleen Hughes as Lois Foran George Mathews as Father Kennedy Lamont Johnson as Willie O'Moyne King Donovan as Hymie Callahan, Trainer
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