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Trouble with Eve

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Trouble with Eve
British lobby card
Directed byFrancis Searle
Screenplay byBrock Williams
Based on"Widows are Dangerous", play by June Garland
Produced byTom Blakeley
StarringHy Hazell
Sally Smith
Robert Urquhart
Garry Marsh
CinematographyWalter J. Harvey (as James Harvey)
Edited byEric Boyd-Perkins
Music byWilfred Burns
Production
company
A Mancunian Butcher Production
Distributed byButcher's Film Service (UK)
Release date
  • March 1960 (1960-03) (UK)
Running time
65 min.
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

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]

Premise

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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

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Critical reception

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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]

References

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  1. ^ a b Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 164. ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6.
  2. ^ "Trouble with Eve". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  3. ^ "In Trouble With Eve(1964)". Archived from the original on 18 October 2016.
  4. ^ "In Trouble With Eve (1964) - Original Print Information". Archived from the original on 19 October 2016.
  5. ^ Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6.
  6. ^ "In Trouble With Eve | TV Guide". TVGuide.com.
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