Penny and the Pownall Case

A glamour model helps Scotland Yard to catch a criminal gang.

Cast

Ralph Michael

as Michael Carson

Peggy Evans

as Penny Justin

Christopher Lee

as Jonathan Blair

Diana Dors

as Molly James

Frederick Piper

as Policeman

Olaf Pooley

as Von Leicher

Ethel Coleridge

as Mrs. Hodgson

Sam Costa

as Reception Clerk

Dennis Vance

as Crawford

Shaun Noble

as Henry Pownall

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