Manna from Heaven

119 minutes

9/14/2002

Overview

Manna From Heaven is a comedic fable about what happens when you get a gift from God (a financial windfall), but many years later you find out it was a just a loan and it's due immediately. Once upon a time, many years ago, a neighborhood in Buffalo, NY is mysteriously showered with 20 dollar bills. Theresa, a young girl who everyone thinks is a saint, doesn't have much trouble convincing her loose-knit "family" that the money is a gift from Heaven. Years later, Theresa, who has become a nun, has an epiphany that it is time to pay the money back, so she calls the eccentric group together to repay the "loan." The problem is, nobody wants to give back the money, nobody has the money, they don't know to whom it belongs, and most of them can't stand each other. Along the way, the characters learn about family, romance, reconciliation and redemption, and by working together they begin to realize their full potential.

Cast List

Shirley Jones
as Bunny
Cloris Leachman
as Helen
Louise Fletcher
as Mother Superior
Seymour Cassel
as Stanley
Frank Gorshin
as Ed
Wendie Malick
as Inez
Jill Eikenberry
as Dottie
Austin Pendleton
as Two-Digit Doyle
Shelley Duvall
as Detective Dubrinski
Hallee Hirsh
as Young Theresa
Harry Groener
as Tony
Faye Grant
as Rita
Drew Pillsbury
as Mac / Bake
Jerry Orbach
as Waltz Contest Announcer
Ursula Burton
as Theresa
Maria Burton
as Ramona
Cameron Watson
as Patrick
Vincent O'Neill
as Monsignor Dailey
Maureen Porter
as Rosalie Annunciata
Gabrielle B. Burton
as Young Bunny
Jennifer Burton
as Young Helen
Buddy Bolton
as Young Ed
Tamera Gindlesperger
as Young Dottie
Kate LoConti
as Young Inez
Abby Royle
as Young Rita
Neal Moeller
as Young Tony
Amy Wieczorek
as Mrs. MacNamara
Kathleen Betsko Yale
as Poor Woman
Carolyn Ferrini
as First Dance Couple Woman
Roger V. Burton
as Second Dance Couple Man
Michael Dugan
as First Dance Couple Man
Al Dinneen
as Casino Manager
Phil LaMarr
as Assistant Casino Manager
Eric Ronis
as Homeless Man
Aniruddh Patel
as Print Shop Manager
Charity Burton
as Runaway Teen
Steven J. Tasker
as Man Hustled by Helen
Paul Todaro
as Freddy
Joseph G. Giambra
as Clifford
Susan Rossetti
as Battered Woman
Kristen Gasser
as Annie MacNamara
Anthony Masiello
as Self