The History of Mr. Polly (1949)
- Directed by
- Anthony Pelissier
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.5 of 10 from 11 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A man is unhappy with his everyday life and chooses to change it in a drastic way. He leaves his old situation behind and sets off to find something new.
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What happens
The History of Mr. Polly is a 1949 British film directed by Anthony Pelissier and starring John Mills, Betty Ann Davies, Megs Jenkins, Moore Marriott and Finlay Currie. It was written by Pelissier based on the 1910 comic novel The History of Mr. Polly by H. G. Wells. It was the first adaptation of one of Wells's works to be produced after his death in 1946. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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