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Meet Mr. Penny (1938)

Meet Mr. Penny poster
Directed by
David MacDonald
Genre
comedy film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 10m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A mild-mannered man gets caught up in a series of strange and funny situations. The film follows his misadventures as he tries to navigate everyday life.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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