Meet Mr. Penny (1938)

There is a crisis in suburban politics because of a store magnate's plans to build a warehouse on the site of the local allotments. Mr and Mrs Penny lead the local outcry against such vandalism and Mr Penny, as usual, blunders into trouble with innocent folly.

Date of release
1938-06-01
TMDB
8.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 10m
Genres
Comedy
Director
David MacDonald

Casting

Interesting facts

Meet Mr. Penny is a 1938 British comedy film directed by David MacDonald and starring Richard Goolden, Vic Oliver and Fabia Drake. It was written by Victor Kendal and Doreen Montgomery based on the BBC radio series The Strange Adventures of Mr. Penny (1936) by Maurice Moiseiwitsch, in which Goolden played Mr. Penny.

Production

It was made at Welwyn Studios by British National Films.

In August 1937 it was announced John Corfeld of British National had secured the film rights.

The film was intended to be the first in a series of Mr Penny movies, the unproduced sequel being The Pennys Abroad.

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