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Penny Princess (1952)

Penny Princess poster
Directed by
Val Guest
Genre
comedy film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 34m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An American woman unexpectedly inherits a small European country. She tries to modernize it but faces funny problems with the local traditions and people.

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What happens

Penny Princess is a 1952 British Technicolor comedy film written and directed by Val Guest and starring Yolande Donlan, Dirk Bogarde and A. E. Matthews. It was made by Guest for his own production company, Conquest Productions. The film stars his future wife Donlan, who was Guest's production company partner, and features Reginald Beckwith, the other partner in Conquest Productions. It was released by General Film Distributors. It was distributed in America in 1953 by Universal Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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