Penny Points to Paradise

Penny Points to Paradise

Infobox Film
name = Penny Points to Paradise


caption =
director = Tony Young
producer = Alan Cullimore
writer = John Ormonde
starring = Harry Secombe
Alfred Marks
Peter Sellers
Paddie O'Neil
Spike Milligan
music = Jack Jordan
Spike Milligan
cinematography = Bert Mason
editing = Harry Booth
distributor =
released = start date|1951
runtime = 77 min.
country = UK
awards =
language = English
budget =
amg_id = 1:105855
imdb_id = 0043913

"Penny Points to Paradise" is a 1951 comedy feature film. The film is notable as the feature film debut of the stars of "The Goon Show", Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe and Peter Sellers.

The film was directed by Tony Young, who later went on to produce "The Telegoons" for BBC Television.

Plot

Secombe plays the part of Harry Flakers, a man that has a big win on the football pools. He and his friend Spike Donnelly (Milligan) are hounded by people trying to take the money off them.

Cast

*Freddie Frinton
*Bill Kerr
*Sam Kydd
*Joe Linnane
*Paddie O'Neil
*Alfred Marks
*Spike Milligan
*Vicki Page
*Harry Secombe
*Peter Sellers

External links

*imdb title|id=0043913|title=Penny Points to Paradise
* [http://www.thegoonshow.net/film_tv_movies.asp The Goons films] at The Goon Show website
* [http://telegoons.org/history_4_running_jumping.htm The Goons films] at The Telegoons website


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