The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker

1959
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1h 27m

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Jill St. John, Pamela Baird, Ahna Capri, Ray Ferrell, Joan Freeman, Mimi Gibson, Donald Losby, Diane Mountford, David Nelson, Terry Rangno, Mary Jane Saunders, Ray Stricklyn, Clifton Webb, Nancy DeCarl, David Harrison, Chris Van Scoyk, Jon Van Scoyk, and Donald Harrison in The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker (1959)

In early 1900s' Pennsylvania, Mr. Pennypacker has two company offices and two families with a combined total of 17 children. With an office in Harrisburg and an office in Philadelphia, he ha... Read allIn early 1900s' Pennsylvania, Mr. Pennypacker has two company offices and two families with a combined total of 17 children. With an office in Harrisburg and an office in Philadelphia, he has successfully kept two separate homes. However, when an emergency requires his oldest son... Read allIn early 1900s' Pennsylvania, Mr. Pennypacker has two company offices and two families with a combined total of 17 children. With an office in Harrisburg and an office in Philadelphia, he has successfully kept two separate homes. However, when an emergency requires his oldest son to find him, Mr. Pennypacker's dual life is revealed.

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6.3/10

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Clifton Webb

Mr. Horace Pennypacker

Dorothy McGuire

Mrs. Emily 'Ma' Pennypacker

Charles Coburn

Grampa Pennypacker

Jill St. John

Kate Pennypacker

Ron Ely

Wilbur Fielding

Ray Stricklyn

Horace Pennypacker III

David Nelson

Henry Pennypacker

Dorothy Stickney

Aunt Jane Pennypacker

Larry Gates

Rev. Dr. Fielding

Richard Deacon

Sheriff

Pamela Baird

Nancy Pennypacker
(uncredited)

Ahna Capri

Babs Pennypacker
(uncredited)

Nancy DeCarl

Ann Pennypacker
(uncredited)

Harvey B. Dunn

The Verger
(uncredited)

Ray Ferrell

Charlie Pennypacker
(uncredited)

Joan Freeman

Mary Pennypacker
(uncredited)

Mimi Gibson

Elizabeth Pennypacker
(uncredited)

David Harrison

Dick Pennypacker
(uncredited)

Director
- Henry Levin
Writers
- Liam O'Brien
- Walter Reisch
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Trivia
The film is based on a play which ran for 221 performances on Broadway in 1953-54. Burgess Meredith played Horace (Pa) and Martha Scott played Emily (Ma). Una Merkel played Aunt Jane. In the play, the story was set in Wilmington, DE rather than Harrisburg PA.

Connections
Referenced in The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet: The Other Guy's Girl (1959)

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1/10

Even by Hollyweird standards...

Totally not funny 'comedy' which is loud, strident and deeply offensive. Webb does his standard schtick but juiced up to at least a 12 out of 10. Bizarre is one of the kinder things that can be said about this sorry mess. The young lovers are duds, hordes of faceless youngsters scurry about and Coburn looks like he's dead. The way is lips swell and sag is alarming. Too much embalming fluid? Art direction and costume design gone crazy with every set an explosion of faux Victorian rainbow colors. Smug, superior, condescending Hollyweird, just like today's version. Prehistoric woke.