Trouble with Eve
1960 British film by Francis Searle From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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![Thumb](#/media/File:"Trouble_with_Eve"_(1960).jpg) British lobby card | |
| 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
In 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
- 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
Chibnall 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]
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