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The Penny Pool

  • 1937
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 25m
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The Penny Pool (1937)
Comedy

A young factory worker is fired for filling out her pools form at work. Discarding the ticket before she can sign her name, it falls into someone else's hands - and wins big.A young factory worker is fired for filling out her pools form at work. Discarding the ticket before she can sign her name, it falls into someone else's hands - and wins big.A young factory worker is fired for filling out her pools form at work. Discarding the ticket before she can sign her name, it falls into someone else's hands - and wins big.

  • Director
    • George Black
  • Writers
    • Ronald Gow
    • Arthur Mertz
  • Stars
    • Douglas Wakefield
    • Billy Nelson
    • Chuck O'Neil
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.4/10
    23
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    • Director
      • George Black
    • Writers
      • Ronald Gow
      • Arthur Mertz
    • Stars
      • Douglas Wakefield
      • Billy Nelson
      • Chuck O'Neil
    • 1User review
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    Douglas Wakefield
    Douglas Wakefield
    • Duggie
    • (as Duggie Wakefield)
    Billy Nelson
    • Billy
    Chuck O'Neil
    • Chuck
    Jack Butler
    • Jack
    Louanne Shaw
    • Renee Harland
    Tommy Fields
    • Tommy Bancroft
    Rex Alderman
    Elsie Brown
    • Elsie
    Gabrielle Brune
    Gabrielle Brune
    Howard Douglas
    Howard Douglas
    • Penny Pool Representative
    Jennie Gregson
    Langley Howard
    Jack Lewis Singing Scholars
    • Variety Act
    Macari
    • And His Dutch Serenaders
    Marie Louise Sisters
    • Variety Act
    Mascotte
    • Specialty Act
    Helen Morant
    Charles Sewell
    • Henry Bancroft
    • Director
      • George Black
    • Writers
      • Ronald Gow
      • Arthur Mertz
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    • Trivia
      In an early example of product placement, the sketch in the garage involving inflating a huge inner tube features several prominent advertisements for India Tyres. The firm also sponsored Douglas Wakefield and his comedy team in their stage shows, which featured this same knockabout routine.
    • Soundtracks
      How Sorry I Am For Old People
      Lyrics by Arthur Mertz and Albert W. Stanbury

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    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Filming locations
      • Southall Studios, Southall, Middlesex, England, UK(Studio)
    • Production company
      • Mancunian Film
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 25 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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