Finian's Rainbow

 

Finian’s Rainbow 1968

• ·        Director: Francis Ford Coppola (believe it or not)
• ·        Cast: Fred Astaire, Petula Clark, Tommy Steele, Don Francks, Al Freeman Jr
• ·        Why? It’s a musical
• ·        Seen:  Once or twice before. Now 7-8 February 2026 (I fell asleep halfway through on the 7^th) 

Finian (Astaire) and his daughter Sharon (Clark) leave Ireland to plant a pot of gold stolen from the leprechaun Og (Steele) near Fort Knox to grow more gold. The music is as silly as the story, the whole tone is loud and slapstick. The only thing saving this turkey is the sub-theme of black and white sharecroppers fighting racism and corruption to for a workers’ co-op. 

2* of 5