Pennies from Heaven (1981)
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It feels like every actor, at some point in their career, just wants to dance. This feature adaptation of Dennis Potter's British miniseries gave Martin his chance, and he grabbed it, playing a 1930's Chicago sheet-music salesman whose dreary life is punctuated by flashy musical sequences.
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