It's 1939 in the small English town of Penny Green, and events in Poland are about to change lives. Mark Sabre (Walter Pidgeon), a writer of school text books, has married Mabel (Dame ... See full summary »
This movie received its television premiere in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Sunday, December 2, 1956 on WFIL (Channel 2), followed by Seattle, Washington on Sunday, December 9, 1956 on KING (Channel 5), and by Chicago, Illinois on Monday, January 7, 1957 on WBBM (Channel 2). It first aired in Portland, Oregon on February 6, 1957 on KGW (Channel 8), in Phoenix, Arizona on February 11, 1957 on KPHO (Channel 5), in Hartford, Connecticut on February 14, 1957 on WHCT (Channel 18), and in Los Angeles, California on Friday, March 8, 1957 on KTTV (Channel 11). It was first shown in San Francisco, California on January 5, 1958 on KGO (Channel 7), but there is no record of it having been telecast in New York City, New York until June 28, 1958 on WCBS (Channel 2), nor in Minneapolis, Minnesota until May 31, 1959 on WTCN (Channel 11).
Effie Bright:
It isn't wicked to be pretty.
Though set in England, Mark and Tony both wear American ties, recognizable by the diagonal stripes slanting down toward the right. English ties always slant to the left.
English
$1,740,000 (estimated)