Characters & Themes
Pie in the Sky (1935) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1935 · 22 mins
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- Starring
- Elia Kazan, Russell Collins, Irving Lerner, Ralph Steiner
In a skid‑row mission hall, a preacher speaks while hungry men wait. After the sermon he reveals a pie, cutting it into tiny pieces—yet the two men at the back receive none. They walk to a junk dump, turning discarded items into a makeshift stage: a dress form becomes Mae West, a rusted car a wild ride. Later one dons a priest’s habit, promising “pie in the sky.” By the end they wear metal halos.
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