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Anything Can Happen is a american film of genre Comedy directed by George Seaton released in USA on 3 april 1952 with José Ferrer
Anything Can Happen (1952)
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Add to a movie listAnything Can Happen is a 1952 film directed by George Seaton.
José Ferrer stars as Giorgi Papashvily, who immigrates from Georgia in the Soviet Union and becomes Americanized. Based on a 1945 best-selling biographical novel by Helen and George Papashvily, the film also stars Kim Hunter, fresh from her Oscar-winning turn in A Streetcar Named Desire.
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The film follows Papashvily from his arrival and initial interview on Ellis Island, through his early jobs on New York's bustling Lower East Side. His friend, Nuri (Kurt Kasznar), who had arrived in New York earlier and speaks English, leads the way, telling Giorgi that he'll help him get an outdoor job with plenty of fresh air. Instead, they find themselves carrying buckets and pouring hot tar on rooftops.Actors
José Ferrer
(Giorgi Papashvily)
Kim Hunter
(Helen Watson)
Kurt Kasznar
(Nuri Bey)
Eugenie Leontovich
(Anna Godiedze)
Oskar Karlweis
(Uncle Besso)
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