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6.5

Annie

PG·1982·127m

Comedy

Drama

Family

Comedy

Drama

Family

Summary

An orphan in a facility run by the mean Miss Hannigan, Annie believes that her parents left her there by mistake. When a rich man named Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks decides to let an orphan live at his home to promote his image, Annie is selected. While Annie gets accustomed to living in Warbucks' mansion, she still longs to meet her parents. So Warbucks announces a search for them and a reward, which brings out many frauds.

Cast

Aileen Quinn

Annie

Albert Finney

'Daddy' Oliver Warbucks

Carol Burnett

Miss Hannigan

Ann Reinking

Grace Farrell

Tim Curry

Rooster Hannigan

Bernadette Peters

Lily St. Regis

Geoffrey Holder

Punjab

Roger Minami

Asp

Toni Ann Gisondi

Molly

Rosanne Sorrentino

Pepper

Lara Berk

Tessie

April Lerman

Kate

Robin Ignico

Duffy

Lucie Stewart

July

Edward Herrmann

FDR

Lois de Banzie

Eleanor Roosevelt

Peter Marshall

Bert Healy

Loni Ackerman

Boylan Sister

Murphy Cross

Boylan Sister

Nancy Sinclair

Boylan Sister

I.M. Hobson

Drake

Lu Leonard

Mrs. Pugh

Mavis Ray

Mrs. Greer

Pamela Blair

Annette

Colleen Zenk

Celette

Victor Griffin

Saunders

Jerome Collamore

Frick

Jon Richards

Frack

Wayne Cilento

Photographer

Ken Swofford

Weasel

Larry Hankin

Pound Man

Irving Metzman

Mr. Bundles

Angela Martin

Mrs. McKracky

Kurtis Epper

Spike

Liz Marsh

Dancer

Danielle Miller

Dancer

Lisa Kieldrup

Dancer

Angela Lee Sloan

Dancer

Tina Caspary

Dancer

Julie Whitman

Dancer

Jan Mackie

Dancer

Shawnee Smith

Dancer

Amanda Peterson

Dancer

Jamie Flowers

Dancer

Cherie Michan

Dancer

Janet Jones

Dancer

Linda Saputo

Dancer

Sonja Haney

Dancer

Kari Baca

Dancer

Victoria Hartman

Dancer

Nikki D'Amico

Lead Dancer

Ray Bolger

Sound Effects Man at Radio Station (uncredited)

Fritzi Jane Courtney

Pedestrian (uncredited)

Janeen Damian

Rockette (uncredited)

Melissa Hayden

(uncredited)

John Huston

Actor on Radio (uncredited)

Tom Lawrence

Warbucks Estate Gatekeeper (uncredited)

Martika

Dancer (uncredited)

Denise McKenna

Rockette (uncredited)

Lou Mulford

Secretary (uncredited)

Tammy O'Rourke

Dancer / Orphan (uncredited)

Meredith Salenger

Dancer / Orphan (uncredited)

Timothy Scott

Staff Member (uncredited)

Michael Serrecchia

Radio City Usher (uncredited)

Greta Garbo

Marguerite Gautier (archive footage) (uncredited)

Robert Taylor

Armand Duval (archive footage) (uncredited)

Crew

Director

John Huston

Comic Book

Harold Gray

Lyricist, Theatre Play

Martin Charnin

Theatre Play

Charles Strouse

Theatre Play, Writer

Thomas Meehan

Writer

Carol Sobieski

Reviews

Geronimo1967

June 8, 2023

Carol Burnett is wonderful as the conniving, neglectful manager of the orphanage ("Miss Hannigan") who cares not a jot for her charges and treats them like skivvies whilst she drinks//smokes and generally misbehaves her way through life. One day, multi-gazillionaire "Oliver 'Daddy' Warbucks" (Albert Finney) decides to allow an orphan to spend some time with him at his mansion and "Annie" (Aileen Quinn) is the winner of this golden ticket. Quickly, she charms the pants off them all - including the hard-hearted industrialist. When he decides to help her find her long lost parents by offering a reward "Hannigan" scents an opportunity and gets her equally dodgy brother "Rooster" (Tim Curry) and his delinquent girlfriend to fake parenthood, claim the reward - and kidnap the girl! The story is a bit strained at times, but it does have some fun dance routines; "The Sun'll Come Out Tomorrow" & "It's a Hard Knock Life" and also a superbly statuesque Geoffrey Holder as "Warbucks" Indian equivalent of "Oddjob" to help it over the odd bumps of tedium. Messrs. Finney & Curry very much enter into the spirit of it all and Quinn captures the vulnerability/feistiness of the title character charmingly.