Trouble Brewing | |
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Directed by | Anthony Kimmins |
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Produced by | Jack Kitchin |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Ronald Neame |
Edited by |
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Music by | Ernest Irving |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Associated British |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Trouble Brewing is a 1939 British comedy film directed by Anthony Kimmins and starring George Formby, Googie Withers and Gus McNaughton. [1] It was made by Associated Talking Pictures, [2] and includes the songs " Fanlight Fanny" and "Hitting the Highspots Now". [3] The film is based on a novel by Joan Butler, and the sets were designed by art director Wilfred Shingleton.
George Formby plays George Gullip, a Daily Sun compositor who wins a large sum at the races. He collects three ten-pound notes but, unable to spend them at the bar, exchanges them for six five-pound notes, which turn out to be counterfeit. Gullip is determined to find the criminals and in so doing goes "undercover" as a waiter and a wrestler, before various clues suggest the villain is Gullip's own boss at the newspaper. [4]
TV Guide found the film an "enjoyable Formby vehicle". [3] Sky Movies wrote, "the fun is as fast and furious in this incident-packed George Formby romp as in any film he made...Receipts foamed over at box-offices throughout Britain." [5]
Trouble Brewing | |
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Directed by | Anthony Kimmins |
Written by |
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Produced by | Jack Kitchin |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Ronald Neame |
Edited by |
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Music by | Ernest Irving |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Associated British |
Release date |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Trouble Brewing is a 1939 British comedy film directed by Anthony Kimmins and starring George Formby, Googie Withers and Gus McNaughton. [1] It was made by Associated Talking Pictures, [2] and includes the songs " Fanlight Fanny" and "Hitting the Highspots Now". [3] The film is based on a novel by Joan Butler, and the sets were designed by art director Wilfred Shingleton.
George Formby plays George Gullip, a Daily Sun compositor who wins a large sum at the races. He collects three ten-pound notes but, unable to spend them at the bar, exchanges them for six five-pound notes, which turn out to be counterfeit. Gullip is determined to find the criminals and in so doing goes "undercover" as a waiter and a wrestler, before various clues suggest the villain is Gullip's own boss at the newspaper. [4]
TV Guide found the film an "enjoyable Formby vehicle". [3] Sky Movies wrote, "the fun is as fast and furious in this incident-packed George Formby romp as in any film he made...Receipts foamed over at box-offices throughout Britain." [5]