Asking for Trouble
Encyclopedia
Asking for Trouble is a 1942 British comedy film directed by Oswald Mitchell
and starring Max Miller, Carole Lynne
and Wilfrid Hyde-White
. A fishmonger
takes up bookmaking to earn extra cash.
Oswald Mitchell
Oswald Albert Mitchell was a British film director who directed several of the Old Mother Riley series of films.-Selected filmography:* Such Is the Law * Danny Boy * Old Mother Riley...
and starring Max Miller, Carole Lynne
Carole Lynne
Carole Lynne, Baroness Delfont was a British theatre actress, best known for her work in the 1940s and 1950s. She was the widow of Lord Bernard Delfont, a prominent figure in the British entertainment industry....
and Wilfrid Hyde-White
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Wilfrid Hyde-White was an English character actor.-Early life and career:Wilfrid Hyde White was born at the rectory in Bourton-on-the-Water in Gloucestershire, the son of William Edward White, canon of Gloucester Cathedral, and his wife, Ethel Adelaide Drought...
. A fishmonger
Fishmonger
A fishmonger is someone who sells fish and seafood...
takes up bookmaking to earn extra cash.
Cast
- Max Miller as Dick Smith
- Carole LynneCarole LynneCarole Lynne, Baroness Delfont was a British theatre actress, best known for her work in the 1940s and 1950s. She was the widow of Lord Bernard Delfont, a prominent figure in the British entertainment industry....
as Jane Smythe - Mark LesterMark LesterMark Lester is an English former child actor known for playing the title role in the 1968 musical film version of Oliver! and starring in a number of other British and European films of the 1960s and 70s and in a number of television series.-Early life and film career:Lester was born in Oxford,...
as General Smythe - Wilfrid Hyde-WhiteWilfrid Hyde-WhiteWilfrid Hyde-White was an English character actor.-Early life and career:Wilfrid Hyde White was born at the rectory in Bourton-on-the-Water in Gloucestershire, the son of William Edward White, canon of Gloucester Cathedral, and his wife, Ethel Adelaide Drought...
as Pettifer - Billy Percy as George
- Eleanor Hallam as Margarita
- Aubrey MallalieuAubrey MallalieuAubrey Mallalieu was an English actor with a prolific career in supporting roles in films in the 1930s and 1940s....
as General Fortescue - Kenneth KoveKenneth Kove-Selected filmography:* Murder! * The Great Game -Selected filmography:* Murder! (1930)* The Great Game -Selected filmography:* Murder! (1930)* The Great Game (1930* Down River (1931)* The Man from Toronto (1933)* Crime on the Hill (1933)* Asking for Trouble (1942)* Golden Arrow (1949)* Innocents...
as Captain Fortescue - Chick Elliott as Mandy Lou
- Esma CannonEsma CannonEsma Ellen Charlotte Cannon was a diminutive Australian-born character actress, who moved to England in the early 1930s.-Career:...
as Ada - Lesley OsmondLesley Osmond-Selected filmography:* Asking for Trouble * The Mysterious Mr. Nicholson * House of Darkness * This Was a Woman * Let's Have a Murder * The Story of Shirley Yorke * Chelsea Story...
as Paulette - Raymond GlendenningRaymond GlendenningRaymond Glendenning was a BBC radio sports commentator.-Early years:He was born in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, and was educated at Newport High School and the University of London...
as Commentator