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"Kate" (Jill St. John) decides that she is going to marry curate "Wilbur" (Ron Ely) but they don't want to wait until her father "Horace" (Clifton Webb) returns home from his month-long trip to Philadelphia. They set a date and give him an ultimatum - so return he does, but hot o…
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The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
“He Had Two Wives And Led Two Lives... He's The Best Dad Two Families Ever Had - At The Same Time!”
71%
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1h 27m
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The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker (1959) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker (1959) — a movie tagged as Comedy with funny moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: 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 has successfully kept two separate homes. However, when an emergency requires his oldest son to find him, Mr. Pennypacker's dual … Our models also surface themes such as identity, conflict, and relationships from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for date night and casual background watching. Expect steady storytelling (~87 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker 71% (7 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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Synopsis
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 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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- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1959-02-20
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- TMDB rating
- 7.1
- TMDB ID
- 137826
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Cast
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
Ahna Capri
Babs Pennypacker
Joan Freeman
Mary Pennypacker
Mimi Gibson
Elizabeth Pennypacker
Doro Merande
Miss Haskins
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Diane Mountford
Trudy Pennypacker
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Nora O'Mahoney
Mrs. McNair
Mary Jane Saunders
Laurie Pennypacker
Harvey B. Dunn
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"Kate" (Jill St. John) decides that she is going to marry curate "Wilbur" (Ron Ely) but they don't want to wait until her father "Horace" (Clifton Webb) returns home from his month-long trip to Philadelphia. They set a date and give him an ultimatum - so return he does, but hot on is tracks is a court agent trying to serve him with a summons. An other young man (Ray Stricklyn) races to their Harrisburg home to warn him of this impending legal ambush, but when he arrives - well let's just say that it's clear that "Pa" has been playing that trick attributed to old sailors. He is a decent old cove, though, and as the story plays out we discover that though his behaviour is pretty reprehensible, his character does have a few redeeming features and they might just be enough to rescue him from the ire of his wife "Emily" (Dorothy McGuire) and his father - another "Horace" (Charles Coburn). Thing is, the scenario is pretty preposterous and if you try to rationalise it, you might as well just give up. If you can get into the spirit of it, though, it's quite an engaging comedy with Webb on good form, well supported by some quite pithy writing and virtually no melodrama. McGuire hasn't the meatiest of parts, but Stricklyn delivers the fish-out-of-water "Horace III" quite well and you can always count on Coburn to lift the mood. It has dated, but is still quite an enjoyable and silly 90 minutes.
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