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God Gave Me Twenty Cents (1926)
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70 min | Drama

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God Gave Me Twenty Cents (1926)

Passed

70 min | Drama

Sailors Steve Doren and Barney Tapman ship into New Orleans just in time for the last day of the Mardi Gras. They enter on a boisterous tour of the city, and as they pass a storefront restaurant, Steve's eye falls upon Mary, a fragile ...See moreSailors Steve Doren and Barney Tapman ship into New Orleans just in time for the last day of the Mardi Gras. They enter on a boisterous tour of the city, and as they pass a storefront restaurant, Steve's eye falls upon Mary, a fragile flower of a waitress, and the rugged sailor sweeps her onto their float, beginning a whirlwind courtship that leads to the altar in less than a fortnight. Steve's old flame, Cassie, is a worldly woman but cannot accept her lover's hands-off policy. She dares him to toss coins with her for a last fling, and when "heads" come up, Cassie and Steve are off to a cafe, where Steve buys them some coffee and inexplicably rushes out, angrily flinging the coins into the gutter. Apparently deserted, Mary is despondent until, finding two dimes on the dock, she buys a white flower for her hair, hopefully remembering the night she met Steve. She then stumbles upon Barney and Cassie, who have fallen back into larcenous ways and are rifling a safe. Cassie is shot, clears Steve before dying, and sets Mary's heart a-thumping in anticipation of Steve's returning ship. The lovers are happily rejoined, and the erstwhile florist finally shows up with two dimes, each with two heads, and Mary answers Steve's curious entreaties: "I prayed--and God gave me twenty cents." Written by AFI See less

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14 cast members

Name	Known for
Lois Moran Mary Mary See fewer	Stella Dallas (1925)
Lya De Putti Cassie Lang Cassie Lang See fewer	Othello (1922)
Jack Mulhall Steve Doren Steve Doren See fewer	The Three Musketeers (1933)
William Collier Jr. Barney Tapman Barney Tapman See fewer	Little Caesar (1931)
Adrienne D'Ambricourt Ma Tapman Ma Tapman See fewer	The Eagle and the Hawk (1933)
Leo Feodoroff Andre Dufour Andre Dufour See fewer	The Music Master (1927)
Rosa Rosanova Mrs. Dufour Mrs. Dufour See fewer	Blood and Sand (1922)
Claude Brooke The Florist The Florist See fewer	Does It Pay? (1923)
Tommy Madden Thug Thug See fewer	God Gave Me Twenty Cents (1926)
Phil Bloom Thug Thug See fewer	Flying Fists (1924)
Eddie Kelly Thug (as Eddie 'Spider' Kelly) Thug (as Eddie 'Spider' Kelly) See fewer	The Great Secret (1917)
John Sharkey Thug (as Jack 'Young' Sharkey) Thug (as Jack 'Young' Sharkey) See fewer	The $5, 000, 000 Counterfeiting Plot (1914)
Harry Lewis Thug Thug See fewer	God Gave Me Twenty Cents (1926)
Thelma Todd Dance-Hall Girl (uncredited) Dance-Hall Girl (uncredited) See fewer	Horse Feathers (1932)