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Penn of Pennsylvania (1942)

Penn of Pennsylvania (1942)

Drama History
Release Date: 1942, January 24
Directors: Lance Comfort
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: British National Films, British National Films, Anglo-American Film Corporation, Anglo-American Film Corporation
Cast: Edmund Willard, John Stuart, Henry Oscar, Deborah Kerr, Max Adrian, D.J. Williams, Charles Carson, Gus McNaughton, Maire O'Neill, Clifford Evans, Percy Marmont, Joss Ambler

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.

Keywords:

historical figure