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Penn of Pennsylvania

53 %|Jan 24, 1942|History, Drama

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.

Featured Crew

Lance Comfort
Director
Anatole de Grunwald
Screenplay
Richard Vernon
Producer
William Alwyn
Music
Gus Drisse
Director of Photography
Sidney Cole
Editor
R. Holmes Paul
Art Direction
Muir Mathieson
Music Director

Cast

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Clifford Evans
William Penn
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Deborah Kerr
Gulielma Maria Springett
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Dennis Arundell
Charles II
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D.J. Williams
Lord Arlington
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O.B. Clarence
Lord Cecil
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James Harcourt
George Fox
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Henry Oscar
Samuel Pepys
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Joss Ambler
Lord Mayor of London
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Edmund Willard
Ship's Captain
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Gus McNaughton
Ship's Mate (as Guss Mc Naughton)
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Gibb McLaughlin
Indian Chief (as Gibb Mc Laughlin)