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
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Cast
Clifford Evans
William Penn
Deborah Kerr
Gulielma Maria Springett
Dennis Arundell
Charles II
Aubrey Mallalieu
Chaplain
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
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