Troublesome Wives

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Troublesome Wives
Directed by Harry Hughes
Written by
  • Ernest Denny (play)
  • Harry Hughes
Produced by Archibald Nettlefold
Starring
CinematographyCharles Bryce
Production
company
Distributed byButcher's Film Service
Release date
  • 21 August 1928 (1928-08-21)
Running time
5,870 feet [1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Troublesome Wives is a 1928 British silent comedy film directed by Harry Hughes and starring Eric Bransby Williams, Mabel Poulton and Lilian Oldland. [2] It was based on the play Summer Lightning by Ernest Denny. The screenplay concerns two housewives who become embroiled with a foreign spy network.

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References

  1. Low p.468
  2. "Troublesome Wives (1928)". BFI. Archived from the original on 5 February 2009.