The History of Mr. Polly

Name: The History of Mr. Polly
Director: Anthony Pelissier
Released: 1949
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: John Mills, Sally Ann Howes, Betty Ann Davies, Megs Jenkins, Finlay Currie

1949 · 95 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 705 VOTES · DIR. Anthony Pelissier

Overview

Quiet and somewhat direction-less, Alfred Polly uses the money he inherits from his father to marry and to set up shop in a small town. His heart is in neither of these enterprises and he eventually resorts to desperate measures to break free. His random wanderings in the countryside lead him to a new opportunity that just might be what he's been looking for all along.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,105 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:30 (Chiming)

00:06:13 No, it's my father.

00:09:54 - My dandling days are over. - (Laughter)

00:13:29 He'd swallowed the very key to open the drawer!

00:17:39 but welcome all the same.

00:21:29 Well, leave them behind you, where they're safe.

00:24:55 - You're just a girl. It won't be hard. - (Mouths)

00:28:28 Well, I need to get it exactly right.

00:32:03 You don't mean you've got someone?

00:36:50 15 years next May it is.

00:40:21 Naked string and glue, that's all they are.

00:43:44 Let go, d'you hear? Let go!

00:46:27 I've got a lot to be grateful for.

00:52:30 (Background music drowns speech)

00:56:23 - If you don't get a medal, I... Well... - Hear, hear!

01:00:48 - Hear it? - Mm-hm.

01:04:05 do a little house painting and window cleaning

01:06:51 The ferry's getting a scandal.

01:09:41 I'll be round tomorrow early

01:13:08 - Where is she? - Locked upstairs.

01:17:35 Just give me that old poker handle under the beer engine, will you?

01:20:32 Well, I... I don't want to do anything you wouldn't like.

01:27:45 but our tea room's upstairs.

01:31:24 Can't sit here forever, you know.

Cast & Characters

John Mills Alfred Polly Sally Ann Howes Christabel Betty Ann Davies Miriam Larkins Polly Megs Jenkins The Innkeeper Finlay Currie Uncle Jim Gladys Henson Aunt Larkins Diana Churchill Annie Larkins Shelagh Fraser Minnie Larkins Edward Chapman Mr. Johnson Dandy Nichols Mrs. Johnson

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,105

Dialogue density11.6 lines / min

First line00:01:30

Final line01:31:24

Production Record

DirectorAnthony Pelissier

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes705