Why wasn't Miss Hannigan arrested?
At the end of "Annie" (1982), Miss Hannigan is seen riding on an elephant at the party but why wasn't she arrested along with Rooster and Lily for being involved with kidnapping Annie?
Best Answer
Miss Hannigan's redemption is an invention of the 1982 movie, and hasn't been explained by its author AFAIK. From Wikipedia:
Miss Hannigan's redemption at the end is also a new development on the part of the movie – in the musical, Miss Hannigan briefly baulks at Rooster's intention to make Annie "disappear" with his switchblade but is soon lured by his promises of a life on Easy Street. In Meehan's 1980 novelisation, Miss Hannigan shows no qualms whatsoever about Annie being killed. In both of these media, Miss Hannigan ends up being duly arrested along with Rooster and Lily at the Warbucks mansion.
Her "villains wikia" entry shows where she redeems herself:
In the 1982 film version, Miss Hannigan goes with her helpers (who are taking Annie away), and suddenly changes when Rooster is about to catch and kill Annie (who has escaped onto the drawn B&O Bridge) because they didn't tell her that they were planning to kill her and is knocked down for trying to stop him. When Rooster slides back down (due to Punjab knocking him after catching Annie), Miss Hannigan scolds him and beats him with her purse calling him a "reprobate." Rooster and Lily are then arrested. Later, she, now a good woman, and is among the guests at a party where FDR and the First Lady are enjoying themselves.
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Did Miss Hannigan get arrested?
In the musical and the 1999 TV film, Miss Hannigan didn't reform, as she still hated Annie and the children, and was arrested for her crimes and being Rooster and Lily's accomplice. In the 1982 film adaptation, its 1995 TV sequel, the 2014 remake, and the 2021 NBC Live show.Why did Miss Hannigan not want to give up Annie?
She gets her brother \u201cRooster\u201d and his girlfriend Lily St. Regis to claim to be Annie's parents so she can get the reward money. Towards the end of the film, Miss Hannigan tries to save Annie's life from her brother's desire to kill the girl.Was Miss Hannigan an orphan?
Annie reminds her of the note saying that they'll be coming back for her, but Miss Hannigan reminds her that that was 1922 and this is 1933; thus she is an orphan.It Wasn't Me
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