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Jo Badpenny is about the comic life of a supposed master criminal.

When Jo a confused boy changes schools, bad becomes worse. He tries to improve his reputation, but the slur of criminality is a stain that cannot be removed. He lives in a caravan beside his burnt down home with his grandfather who is proud of Jo's father who is in prison. His mother has but two intents to stop Jo beco... More

Jo Badpenny is about the comic life of a supposed master criminal.

When Jo a confused boy changes schools, bad becomes worse. He tries to improve his reputation, but the slur of criminality is a stain that cannot be removed. He lives in a caravan beside his burnt down home with his grandfather who is proud of Jo's father who is in prison. His mother has but two intents to stop Jo becoming a criminal, and to keep the police away from her door.

At school, the new boy steps straight in to a snare - Kevin the bully wants his dinner money - William Cackle in class mocks him and a girl called Alice Windowland pursues him for a kiss. Through all this, Jo cannot hide. He has to take the cruel world face on, all helped by a little miracle in his pockets.

Jo Badpenny took its inspiration from the "Priceless Pocket," one of three stories from a film called "The Triangle" (1953). The comedy's screenwriters were Guy Morgan and Geoffrey Wallace. The original story tells the tale of a man saved from destitution after he obtains a second-hand pair of trousers. From these he finds an endless supply of five-pound notes in his pocket...

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