Asking for Trouble
{{short description|1942 film by Oswald Mitchell}}
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{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Asking for Trouble
| image = File:Asking for Trouble.jpg
| caption =
| director = Oswald Mitchell
| producer = Wallace Orton
| writer = Oswald Mitchell
Con West
| screenplay =
| story =
| based_on =
| starring = Max Miller
Carole Lynne
Mark Lester
Wilfrid Hyde-White
| music = Kennedy Russell
| cinematography = James Wilson
| editing = Fergus McDonell
| studio = British National Films Company
| distributor = Anglo American Film Corporation
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1942|9}}
| runtime = 81 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
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Asking for Trouble is a 1942 British comedy film directed by Oswald Mitchell and starring Max Miller, Carole Lynne and Wilfrid Hyde-White.St. Pierre p.17 Its plot follows a fishmonger who takes up bookmaking to earn extra cash.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090115093345/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/66345 BFI.org]
Cast
- Max Miller as Dick Smith
- Carole Lynne as Jane Smythe
- Mark Lester as General Smythe
- Wilfrid Hyde-White as Pettifer
- Billy Percy as George
- Eleanor Hallam as Margarita
- Aubrey Mallalieu as General Fortescue
- Kenneth Kove as Captain Fortescue
- Chick Elliott as Mandy Lou
- Esma Cannon as Ada
- Lesley Osmond as Paulette
- Raymond Glendenning as commentator
References
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Bibliography
- St. Pierre, Paul Matthew. Music Hall Mimesis in British Film, 1895-1960: On the Halls on the Screen. Associated University Press, 2009.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0034476}}
{{Oswald Mitchell}}
Category:1940s English-language films
Category:Films directed by Oswald Mitchell
Category:British black-and-white films
Category:English-language comedy films
Category:Films scored by Kennedy Russell
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