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The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker

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1hr 27min

Genres:

Family,Comedy

Release:

1959

Director:

Henry Levin

Starring:

Clifton Webb, Dorothy McGuire, Charles Coburn ...more

Synopsis: Based on a successful stage play, The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker loses in this adaptation to film by becoming more serious than an all-out farce. The setting is the end of the 1800s and the intrepid Pennypacker (Clifton Webb) runs a sausage company with two thriving plants in Philadelphia and Harrisburg. He shuttles back and forth between the cities and with equal aplomb, between two households. He maintains one wife (Dorothy McGuire) and eight children in one city, and another wife (Jill St. John) ... Full Synopsis

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	Craig Butler, AMG Review It's a shame that The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker is not a remarkable little film. In fact, it's rather a disappointing little film, given its premise: that a man in the 1890s has led two lives, simultaneously marrying one woman and raising a family in Harrisburg and marrying another woman and raising another family in Philadelphia. There's fodder for some interesting possibilities here, and surely ... Full Review

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	Clifton Webb Pa Pennypacker Dorothy McGuire Ma Pennypacker Charles Coburn Grampa Jill St. John Kate Pennypacker

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