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| director = Slim Hand
| producer = John Croydon
| writer = William Fairchild
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| starring = Ralph Michael<br>Peggy Evans
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| studio = [[Highbury Productions]]
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'''''Penny and the Pownall Case''''' is a 1948 British [[mystery film]] directed by Slim Hand and starring [[Ralph Michael]], [[Peggy Evans]], [[Diana Dors]] and [[Christopher Lee]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090113210509/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/46114 BFI.org]</ref>
'''''Penny and the Pownall Case''''' is a 1948 British [[mystery film]] directed by Slim Hand and starring [[Ralph Michael]], [[Peggy Evans]], [[Diana Dors]] and [[Christopher Lee]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090113210509/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/46114 BFI.org]</ref>


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==Production==

It was the first film made by Highbury Productions, a company that belonged to the Rank Group of companies. Its aim was to make 50 minute "curtain raisers" for Rank's features.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article228801509 |title=LATEST FILM NEWS FROM ABROAD |newspaper=[[The Sun]] |issue=11966 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=3 June 1948 |accessdate=22 July 2020 |page=19 (LATE FINAL EXTRA) |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref>
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==External links==
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*{{imdb title|0040687}}
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*[https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b2cc0b3 Peggy and the Pownall Case] at BFI

*[http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/512592/Penny-and-the-Pownall-Case/ Peggy and the Pownall Case] at [[TCMDB]]
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Revision as of 10:14, 22 July 2020

SPenny and the Pownall Case
Directed bySlim Hand
Written byWilliam Fairchild
Based onstory by William Fairchild
Produced byJohn Croydon
StarringRalph Michael
Peggy Evans
Production
company
Distributed byGeneral Film Distributors
Release date
1948
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Penny and the Pownall Case is a 1948 British mystery film directed by Slim Hand and starring Ralph Michael, Peggy Evans, Diana Dors and Christopher Lee.[1]

The music was by Elisabeth Lutyens, making her the first female British composer to score a feature film.[2]

Premise

A model helps a Scotland Yard detective to hunt down a gang of criminals smuggling Nazi war criminals out of Europe. Cartoonist Jonathan Blair hides secret messages in his comic strips.

Cast

Production

It was the first film made by Highbury Productions, a company that belonged to the Rank Group of companies. Its aim was to make 50 minute "curtain raisers" for Rank's features.[3]

References

  1. ^ BFI.org
  2. ^ David Huckvale, Hammer Film Scores and the Musical Avant-Garde, p. 54
  3. ^ "LATEST FILM NEWS FROM ABROAD". The Sun. No. 11966. New South Wales, Australia. 3 June 1948. p. 19 (LATE FINAL EXTRA). Retrieved 22 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
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