PENN OF PENNSYLVANIA (1941) Clifford EvansDeborah KerrDennis Arundell | Drama | B&W

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 is also known by the alternative title Courageous Mr. Penn.

Synopsis

The film portrays Penn's struggle to be granted a colonial charter in London and attracting settlers to his new colony as well as his adoption of a radical new approach with regard to the treatment of the Native Americans.

William Penn's heroic deeds, on the European and American continents, are told in this portrait of the founding father of both the Quakers and the Pennsylvania colony. Based on C.E. Vulliamy's biography "William Penn."

Cast & Crew

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 Admiral Penn
Henry Oscar as Samuel Pepys
Max Adrian as Elton
John Stuart as Bindle
Maire O'Neill as Cook
Edward Rigby as Bushell
Mary Hinton as Lady Castlemaine
Joss Ambler as Lord Mayor
Edmund Willard as Captain
Percy Marmont as Holme
Gibb McLaughlin as Indian Chief
Herbert Lomas as Captain Cockle
Gus McNaughton as Mate

Directed by: Lance Comfort
Written by: Anatole de Grunwald C. E. Vulliamy (biography)
Produced by : Richard Vernon
Cinematography: Gus Drisse
Edited by: Sidney Cole
Music by: William Alwyn (first film score)
Production company: British National Films
Distributed by: Anglo-American Film Corporation (UK)
J.H. Hoffberg Company (U.S.)
Release date: 1941
Running time: 78 mins
Country: UK
Language: English