![Penny Paradise. Image shows from L to R: Captain Joe Higgins (Edmund Gwenn), Pat (Jimmy O'Dea). Copyright: Associated Talking Pictures Penny Paradise. Image shows from L to R: Captain Joe Higgins (Edmund Gwenn), Pat (Jimmy O'Dea). Copyright: Associated Talking Pictures](https://cdn.comedy.co.uk/images/library/comedies/300x200/p/penny_paradise.jpg)
Penny Paradise
- 1938 film
Poorly paid tug captain Joe Higgins gets quite a boost when his predictions up in the football pools, but not all is quite as it seems. Stars Edmund Gwenn, Betty Driver, Jimmy O'Dea, Ethel Coleridge, Maire O'Neill and more.
![Penny Paradise. Image shows from L to R: Pat (Jimmy O'Dea), Betty Higgins (Betty Driver), Captain Joe Higgins (Edmund Gwenn). Copyright: Associated Talking Pictures Penny Paradise. Image shows from L to R: Pat (Jimmy O'Dea), Betty Higgins (Betty Driver), Captain Joe Higgins (Edmund Gwenn). Copyright: Associated Talking Pictures](https://cdn.comedy.co.uk/images/library/comedies/900x450/p/penny_paradise.jpg)
Key details
- Genre
- Film
- Released
- 1938
- Creator
- Basil Dean
- Stars
- Edmund Gwenn, Betty Driver, Jimmy O'Dea, Ethel Coleridge, Maire O'Neill, Jack Livesey, Syd Crossley, Lloyd Pearson and more
- Writers
- Thomas Thompson, W. L. Meade and Thomas Browne
- Director
- Carol Reed
- Producer
- Basil Dean
- Company
Liverpool docks tug captain Joe Higgins is understandably delighted when he predicts the correct results of 15 football matches on the penny pools, estimating a prize fund of around £20,000.
As he and hard-up daughter Betty set about celebrating their good fortune, a further surprise looks set to come their way - and not least down to Joe's new-found confidence!
Additional details
- UK certificate
- U
- Duration
- 72 minutes
- UK release
- Saturday 24th September 1938
- Distributors
- Production
- Studio
- Camera set-up
- Single camera
- Picture
- Black and white
- Soundtrack
- Music composed and lyrics written by Harry Parr-Davies and Harry O'Donovan.
Website links
Broadcast details
- Most recent repeats
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- Tuesday 31st October 2023 at 4:20am on TPTV
- Monday 9th October 2023 at 6:00am on TPTV
- Wednesday 16th August 2023 at 12:25pm on TPTV
Recording details
- Ealing Studios - Filmed from May 1938.