Miss Pilgrim's Progress (1949)
An exchange factory worker from New Jersey joins a plot to save a village from the Town and Country Planning Act.
Casting
- Michael Rennie — Bob Thane
- Yolande Donlan — Laramie Pilgrim
- Garry Marsh — Mayor
- Reginald Beckwith — Mr. Jenkins
- Jon Pertwee — Postman Perkins
- Valentine Dyall — Superintendent
- Peter Butterworth — Jonathan
- Emrys Jones — Vicar
- Helena Pickard — Mrs. Jenkins
- Richard Littledale — Mr. Thane
- Bruce Belfrage — Manager
- Avril Angers — First Factory Girl
Interesting facts
Miss Pilgrim's Progress is a 1949 black-and-white British comedy film directed and written by Val Guest and starring Michael Rennie, Yolande Donlan and Garry Marsh.
Production
Val Guest wrote the film as a vehicle for Yolande Dolan, who had been a sensation in London in Born Yesterday and whom he would later marry. The male lead was Michael Rennie, whom Guest had given his first leading man part; Rennie returned from Hollywood to appear in it.
The film was financed by Grand National Pictures. It also had investment from Nat Cohen.
Guest says the film was "a big success" and led to Dolan and Rennie being reunited on The Body Said No!.
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