Asking for Trouble

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Asking for Trouble
Asking for Trouble.jpg
Directed by Oswald Mitchell
Written byOswald Mitchell
Con West
Produced byWallace Orton
Starring Max Miller
Carole Lynne
Mark Lester
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Cinematography James Wilson
Edited by Fergus McDonell
Music by Kennedy Russell
Production
company
Distributed byAnglo American Film Corporation
Release date
  • September 1942 (1942-09)
Running time
81 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Asking for Trouble is a 1942 British comedy film directed by Oswald Mitchell and starring Max Miller, Carole Lynne and Wilfrid Hyde-White. [1] Its plot follows a fishmonger who takes up bookmaking to earn extra cash. [2]

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  1. St. Pierre p.17
  2. BFI.org

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