Penn of Pennsylvania

Overview

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.

Directed by Lance Comfort

Top cast

Clifford Evans

William Penn

Deborah Kerr

Gulielma Maria Springett

D

Dennis Arundell

Charles II

Aubrey Mallalieu

Chaplain

D

D.J. Williams

Lord Arlington

O.B. Clarence

Lord Cecil

James Harcourt

George Fox

Charles Carson

Adm. Penn

Henry Oscar

Samuel Pepys

Max Adrian

Elton

John Stuart

Bindle

Maire O'Neill

Cook

Edward Rigby

Bushell

Joss Ambler

Lord Mayor of London

J.H. Roberts

Ford

Edmund Willard

Ship's Captain

Gus McNaughton

Ship's Mate (as Guss Mc Naughton)

Percy Marmont

Holme

Gibb McLaughlin

Indian Chief (as Gibb Mc Laughlin)

Herbert Lomas

Cockle

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