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In Anthony Pelissier's adaptation of the H G Wells novel, John Mills plays the eponymous Mr Polly who, disillusioned by the constant nagging of his wife and his dull life, torches his shop and takes to the open road. He ends up in the heart of the countryside where, after a few hitches, he begins a new life with a jovial innkeeper, but can this idyllic existence last for ever and what of the family he left behind?

Keywords:

Drama, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(Black and white) (1949) (UK) (3 Star)

Cast:

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

Supporting Cast:

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

Directors:

Anthony Pelissier

Writers:

Anthony Pelissier
H.G. Wells