Finian's Rainbow (1968) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Francis Ford Coppola.

Cast

• Fred Astaire as Finian McLonergan
• Petula Clark as Sharon McLonergan
• Tommy Steele as 'Og' the Leprechaun
• Don Francks as Woody Mahoney
• Keenan Wynn as Senator Billboard Rawkins
• Barbara Hancock as Susan the Silent
• Al Freeman Jr. as Howard
• Ronald Colby as Buzz Collins
• Dolph Sweet as Sheriff
• Wright King as District Attorney
• Louil Silas as Henry
• Brenda Arnau as Sharecropper 'Necessity' (uncredited)
• Avon Long as Passion Pilgrim Gospeller (uncredited)
• Roy Glenn as Passion Pilgrim Gospeller (uncredited)
• Jester Hairston as Passion Pilgrim Gospeller (uncredited)
• Charles Carter as Sharecropper (uncredited)
• Sterling Clark as Sharecropper (uncredited)
• Robert Cleaves as Geologist (uncredited)
• Robert Cole as Sharecropper (uncredited)
• Willie Covan as Sharecropper (uncredited)
• Evelyn Dutton as Sharecropper (uncredited)
• Martin Eric as Deputy (uncredited)
• Joe Evans as Sharecropper (uncredited)
• Talya Ferro as Sharecropper (uncredited)
• Carey Foster as Sharecropper (uncredited)
• Lili Francks as Sharecropper (uncredited)
• Nicci-Ann Frank as Sharecropper Child (uncredited)
• Louis Hart as Man in White Suit (uncredited)
• Marya Henriques as Sharecropper (uncredited)
• Robert S. Holman as Lucas (uncredited)
• Joyce Horne as Sharecropper (uncredited)
• Vince Howard as Geologist #1 (uncredited)
• Bruce Hoy as Sharecropper (uncredited)
• Bobby Johnson as Sharecropper (uncredited)
• Carlton Johnson as Sharecropper (uncredited)
• Phyllis Kennedy as Sharecropper (uncredited)
• Maurishka as Sharecropper (uncredited)
• Bert May as Sharecropper (uncredited)
• Gary Menteer as Sharecropper (uncredited)
• Frances E. Nealy as Sharecropper (uncredited)

Crew

• Fred Saidy — Screenplay
• E.Y. Harburg — Screenplay
• Francis Ford Coppola — Director
• Joseph Landon — Producer
• Philip H. Lathrop — Director of Photography
• Ray Heindorf — Original Music Composer

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