™Asking for Trouble
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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.
Cast & crew
Directed by Oswald Mitchell
Max Miller
Carole Lynne
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Esma Cannon
Aubrey Mallalieu
Kenneth Kove
Eleanor HallamSimilar titles
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CinemaSerfJun 26, 2022
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 too 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 tale of a struggling fishmonger who runs an illegal book on the side. To keep it interesting… Read more
, he decides to try and help "Jane" (Carol Lynne) 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, though, it’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 and it's fun, fast and furious. Perhaps just a bit feeble nowadays?