Penn of Pennsylvania

Penn of Pennsylvania

78 mins | Drama, History | Jan. 24, 1942

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.

Penn of Pennsylvania

78 mins | Drama, History | Jan. 24, 1942

Penn of Pennsylvania
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.
IMDb rating 5.6
Producers
Original title Penn of Pennsylvania
Directors Lance Comfort
Writers Anatole de Grunwald

Cast

Clifford Evans

as William Penn

Deborah Kerr

as Gulielma Maria Springett

Dennis Arundell

as Charles II

Aubrey Mallalieu

as Chaplain

D.J. Williams

as Lord Arlington

O.B. Clarence

as Lord Cecil

James Harcourt

as George Fox

Charles Carson

as Adm. Penn

Henry Oscar

as Samuel Pepys

Max Adrian

as Elton

John Stuart

as Bindle

Maire O'Neill

as Cook

Edward Rigby

as Bushell

Joss Ambler

as Lord Mayor of London

J.H. Roberts

as Ford

Edmund Willard

as Ship's Captain

Gus McNaughton

as Ship's Mate (as Guss Mc Naughton)

Percy Marmont

as Holme

Gibb McLaughlin

as Indian Chief (as Gibb Mc Laughlin)

Herbert Lomas

as Cockle