Asking for Trouble

1942

1h 21m

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6.0/10

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A London fishmonger helps a young woman evade her unwanted upcoming marriage by pretending to be her fiancé, a big game hunter from Africa. Comedy.

Directors

Oswald Mitchell

Writers

Oswald Mitchell(writer by)

Con West(writer by)

Stars

Max Miller

Carole Lynne

Mark Lester

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Dick Smith

Jane Smythe

Gen. Archie Smythe

Pettifer

George

Ada

Gen. Danvers Fortescue

Kenneth Kove

Capt. Edward Fortescue

Eleanor Hallam

Margarita

Chick Elliott

Mandy Lou

Directors

Oswald Mitchell

Writers

Oswald Mitchell(writer by)

Con West(writer by)

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It is probably rather unfair to try and evaluate Max Miller's performance in this wartime effort now. His relentless delivery, straight from the British music-halls, offers us a torrent of quick witted quips that all to often simply overwhelm the story - and leave the audience gasping for breath! There is no doubting, though, that his humour offered a breath of fresh air in this daft story of a struggling fishmonger who runs an illegal book on the side. To keep it interesting, he decides to try and help Carol Lynne ("Jane") to avoid an unwanted marriage by donning his best "Alan Quatermain" hat and pretending to be her big game hunter fiancée - with ominously silly results. It's just too long - even Miller can't sustain the intensity of his dialogue for 80 minutes, and the frequently pithy writing from auteur Oswald Mitchell starts to border on the preposterous a bit too quickly. Fortunately, iIt's got a couple of welcome stabilising contributions from Wilfred Hyde-White as the rather acerbic butler to the troubled damsel's father "General Smythe" (Mark Lester) to help out too. It's fun, fast and furious... just a bit feeble nowadays.

Geronimo196726 Jun, 2022