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Overview

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Director:
Anthony Pelissier
Writers:
Anthony Pelissier (adaptation)
H.G. Wells (story)
Contact:
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Release Date:
27 April 1950 (Australia) more
Genre:
Drama
Plot:
Quiet and somewhat direction-less, Alfred Polly uses the money he inherits from his father to marry and to set up shop in a small town... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
John Mills did get deserved credit! more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

John Mills ... Alfred Polly
Betty Ann Davies ... Miriam Larkins Polly
Megs Jenkins ... The Innkeeper
Finlay Currie ... Uncle Jim
Gladys Henson ... Aunt Larkins
Diana Churchill ... Annie Larkins
Shelagh Fraser ... Minnie Larkins
Edward Chapman ... Mr. Johnsen
Dandy Nichols ... Mrs. Johnson
Sally Ann Howes ... Christabel
Juliet Mills ... Little Polly
Laurence Baskcomb ... Mr. Rumbold
Edie Martin ... Lady on roof
Moore Marriott ... Uncle Pentstemon
David Horne ... Mr. Garvace
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Additional Details

Runtime:
95 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
UK:U

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
An earlier Hollywood version starring Charles Laughton was in production but was cancelled following the outbreak of the Second World War. more
Quotes:
The Innkeeper: I want an odd man about the place.
Alfred Polly: I'm odd all right.
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Movie Connections:
Remade as "The History of Mr Polly" (1959) more

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5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful:-
John Mills did get deserved credit!, 9 November 2007
Author: tombancroft2 from United Kingdom

I echo all the good things said about this brilliant film. As for the contributor who claimed Mills did not receive enough credit in his career. . . the man was given a knighthood - how much credit does one need? As I write this comment, the film is being shown (yet again) on the Film 4 TV channel. It's one of those films (and there are many of them) which one can watch year after year and still find it entertaining, despite knowing each scene by heart. Since I discovered that a version of the film was planned and then abandoned in Hollywood with Charles Laughton in the title role, I can't help imagining Laughton speaking the lines as I watch the excellent John Mills.

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