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The History of Mr Polly (1949)

Director: Anthony Pélissier

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From Time Out Film Guide

Timid draper Mills, tired of his dull life and nagging wife, torches his shop and takes to the open road, landing up at the Potwell Inn, where he battles with fearsome Currie before settling down with the pub's jolly plump landlady, Megs Jenkins. A pleasant, rosy-cheeked adaptation of HG Wells's rural fantasy novel.

Author: NF

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Director: Anthony Pélissier

Producer: John Mills

Cast: John Mills, Sally Ann Howes, Finlay Currie, Megs Jenkins, Diana Churchill, Dandy Nichols, Juliet Mills, Irene Handl full cast

Duration: 95 mins

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