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Penn of Pennsylvania is a 1941 British historical drama film directed by Lance Comfort and starring Deborah Kerr, Clifford Evans, Dennis Arundell, Henry Oscar, Herbet Lomas and Edward Rigby. The film depicts the life of the Quaker founder of Pennsylvania, William Penn. It portrays his struggle to be granted a colonial charter in London and attracting settlers to his new colony as well as his adoption a radical new approach with regard to the treatment of the Native Americans. It is also known by the alternative title Courageous Mr. Penn.
Original Release
01/26/1942
US Release
12/22/1943
Cast
Name | Character |
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Clifford Evans | William Penn |
Deborah Kerr | Gulielma / Gulielma Maria Springett |
Dennis Arundell | Charles II |
Aubrey Mallalieu | King's Chaplain / Chaplain |
D.J. Williams | Lord Arlington |
O.B. Clarence | Lord Cecil |
James Harcourt | Fox / George Fox |
Charles Carson | Admiral Penn / Adm. Penn |
Henry Oscar | Pepys / Samuel Pepys |
Max Adrian | Elton |
Directors
Writers
Anatole de Grunwald, C.E. Vulliamy
Cast
Name | Character |
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Clifford Evans | William Penn |
Deborah Kerr | Gulielma / Gulielma Maria Springett |
Dennis Arundell | Charles II |
Aubrey Mallalieu | King's Chaplain / Chaplain |
D.J. Williams | Lord Arlington |
O.B. Clarence | Lord Cecil |
James Harcourt | Fox / George Fox |
Charles Carson | Admiral Penn / Adm. Penn |
Henry Oscar | Pepys / Samuel Pepys |
Max Adrian | Elton |
John Stuart | Bindle |
Maire O'Neill | Cook |
Edward Rigby | Bushell |
Joss Ambler | Lord Mayor of London |
J.H. Roberts | Ford |
Edmund Willard | Ship's Captain |
Gus McNaughton | Ship's Mate (as Guss Mc Naughton) / Ship's Mate |
Percy Marmont | Holme |
Gibb McLaughlin | Indian Chief (as Gibb Mc Laughlin) / Indian Chief |
Herbert Lomas | Cockle |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Richard Vernon | Producer |