Trouble with Eve

{{Short description|1960 British film by Francis Searle}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Trouble with Eve

| image = "Trouble_with_Eve"_(1960).jpg

| caption = British lobby card

| director = Francis Searle

| producer = Tom Blakeley

| screenplay = Brock Williams

| based_on = "Widows are Dangerous", play by June Garland

| starring = Hy Hazell
Sally Smith
Robert Urquhart
Garry Marsh

| music = Wilfred Burns

| cinematography = Walter J. Harvey (as James Harvey)

| editing = Eric Boyd-Perkins

| studio = A Mancunian Butcher Production

| distributor = Butcher's Film Service (UK)

| released = {{Film date|1960|03||UK}}

| runtime = 65 min.

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

}}

Trouble with Eve is a 1960 British second feature{{Cite book |last=Chibnall |first=Steve |title=The British 'B' Film |last2=McFarlane |first2=Brian |publisher=BFI/Bloomsbury |year=2009 |isbn=978-1-8445-7319-6 |location=London |pages=164}} comedy film directed by Francis Searle and starring Hy Hazell, Sally Smith, Robert Urquhart and Garry Marsh.{{Cite web |title=Trouble with Eve |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150064427 |access-date=10 December 2023 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}} The screenplay was by Brock Williams based on the 1953 play Widows are Dangerous by June Garland.{{cite web| url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/563844/in-trouble-with-eve#film-details | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018213946/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/563844/In-Trouble-With-Eve/screenplay-info.html | archive-date=2016-10-18 | url-status=live | title=In Trouble With Eve(1964)}} It was shot at Walton Studios. The film was released in the U.S. in 1964 as In Trouble With Eve.{{cite web| url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/563844/in-trouble-with-eve#film-details | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019050822/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/563844/In-Trouble-With-Eve/original-print-info.html | archive-date=2016-10-19 | url-status=live | title=In Trouble With Eve (1964) - Original Print Information}}

Premise

In the sleepy English village of Warlock, Louise Kingston converts her cottage into "The Willow Tree", a commercial tearoom. However, scandal ensues when the local inspector gets caught with his pants down, and the tea room is rumoured to be a brothel.

Cast

Critical reception

Chibnall and McFarlane in The British 'B' Film wrote that the film: "despite its shop-worn late-of-the-West-End look, moves along breezily and the competent actors make the most of their amusing lines."{{Cite book |last=Chibnall |first=Steve |title=The British 'B' Film |last2=McFarlane |first2=Brian |publisher=BFI/Bloomsbury |year=2009 |isbn=978-1-8445-7319-6 |location=London |pages=}}

In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "poor", writing: "Slaptick farce devoid of inspiration."

TV Guide called the film "a barely average British comedy."{{Cite web |title=In Trouble With Eve | TV Guide |url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/in-trouble-with-eve/review/102034 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019002514/https://www.tvguide.com/movies/in-trouble-with-eve/review/102034/ |archive-date=19 Oct 2016 |website=TVGuide.com}}

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