Trouble with Eve is a 1960 British second feature[1] comedy film directed by Francis Searle and starring Hy Hazell, Sally Smith, Robert Urquhart and Garry Marsh.[2] The screenplay was by Brock Williams based on the 1953 play Widows are Dangerous by June Garland.[3] It was shot at Walton Studios. The film was released in the U.S. in 1964 as In Trouble With Eve.[4]
| Trouble with Eve | |
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| Directed by | Francis Searle |
| Screenplay by | Brock Williams |
| Based on | "Widows are Dangerous", play by June Garland |
| Produced by | Tom Blakeley |
| Starring | Hy Hazell Sally Smith Robert Urquhart Garry Marsh |
| Cinematography | Walter J. Harvey (as James Harvey) |
| Edited by | Eric Boyd-Perkins |
| Music by | Wilfred Burns |
Production company | A Mancunian Butcher Production |
| Distributed by | Butcher's Film Service (UK) |
Release date |
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Running time | 65 min. |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Premise
editIn 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
edit- Hy Hazell as Louise Kingston
- Robert Urquhart as Bryan Maitland
- Sally Smith as Eve Kingston
- Garry Marsh as Roland Axbridge
- Vera Day as Daisy Freeman
- Grace Denbigh Russell as Mrs Mordant
- Brenda Hogan as Angie Kingston Rigby
- Denis Shaw as George Rigby
- Iris Vandeleur as Mrs Biddle
- Frank Atkinson as cabdriver
- David Graham as car driver
- Tony Quinn as Bellchambers
- Bruce Seton as Colonel Digby-Phillpotts
- Kim Shelley as Mrs Digby-Phillpotts
- Bill Shine as artist
Critical reception
editChibnall 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."[5]
In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "poor", writing: "Slaptick farce devoid of inspiration."[1]
TV Guide called the film "a barely average British comedy."[6]
References
edit- ^ a b Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 164. ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6.
- ^ "Trouble with Eve". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ "In Trouble With Eve(1964)". Archived from the original on 18 October 2016.
- ^ "In Trouble With Eve (1964) - Original Print Information". Archived from the original on 19 October 2016.
- ^ Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6.
- ^ "In Trouble With Eve | TV Guide". TVGuide.com.
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