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Penrod and Sam is a american film of genre Drama directed by William Beaudine released in USA on 3 october 1931 with Leon Janney
Penrod and Sam (1931)
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Add to a movie listPenrod and Sam is a 1931 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by William Beaudine and starring Leon Janney and Frank Coghlan Jr. It is an adaptation of the novel Penrod and Sam by Booth Tarkington. Beaudine had previously directed a 1923 silent version Penrod and Sam, and was invited to remake his earlier success.
Actors
Leon Janney
(Penrod Schofield)
Frank Coghlan, Jr.
(Sam Williams)
Margaret Alice Marquis
(Marjorie Jones)
Jimmy Robinson
(Herman Washington)
Matt Moore
(Henry Schofield)
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