Three Coins in the Fountain (film) Three Coins in the Fountain (film) Three Coins in the Fountain is a 1954 American romantic comedy film directed by Jean Negulesco and starring Clifton Webb, Dorothy McGuire, Jean Peters, Louis Jourdan, Rossano Brazzi, and Maggie McNamara. Written by John Patrick, the film is about three American women working in Rome who dream of finding romance in the Eternal City. The film's main title song "Three Coins in the Fountain" (sung by an uncredited Frank Sinatra) went on to become an enduring standard. The story was adapted by John Patrick from the novel "Coins in the Fountain" by John H.
Three Coins in the Fountain (song) 1990, and used in the film "Coins in the Fountain" that same year. Steve Martin sings "Three Coins in a Fountain" when attempting a sing-along in the film, "Planes, Trains and Automobiles". It was parodied in "The Goon Show", to the same tune, with the words "Three Goons in a fountain, which one will the fountain drown?" On October 8, 1966, Steve Smith sang "Three Coins in the Fountain" in a musical tour of Italy on ABC's "The Lawrence Welk Show". Three Coins in the Fountain (song) "Three Coins in the Fountain" is a popular song which received the Academy