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Dreams That Money Can Buy
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Dreams That Money Can Buy

1947-09-01 · 80 min · ★ 6.0

Drama · Fantasy

An attempt to bring the work of surrealist artists to a wider public. The plot is that of an average Joe who can conjure up dreams that will improve his customer's lives. This frame story serves as a link between several avant-garde sequences created by leading visual artists of their day, most of whom were emigres to the US during WWII.

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Directors
Hans Richter
Production companies
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Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Jack BittnerJoe / Narcissus
Dorothy Griffith
Libby Holman
Josh White
Stanley KubrickStanley KubrickTheatre Extra
Max ErnstLe President
Norma Cazanjian
Doris Okerson
John La ToucheThe Gangster
Ethel BesedaMrs. A.
Samuel CohenMr. A.
Jo Fontaine-Maison
Herb CampbellThe man
Bernard FriendPoliceman
Evelyn Hausman
Julie Lary
Anthony LaterieThe blind man
Jo Mitchell
Ray Pippitt
Miriam Raeburn

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