Asking for Trouble

Asking for Trouble is a 1942 British comedy film directed by Oswald Mitchell and starring Max Miller, Carole Lynne and Wilfrid Hyde-White. Its plot follows a fishmonger who takes up bookmaking to earn extra cash.

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

Production

The film was part of British National's deliberate policy to make more comedies.

References

Bibliography

• St. Pierre, Paul Matthew. Music Hall Mimesis in British Film, 1895-1960: On the Halls on the Screen. Associated University Press, 2009.

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