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Director
  
Anthony Kimmins

Duration
  

Country
  
United Kingdom

6.8/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Comedy, Musical, Romance

Language
  
English

Trouble Brewing (1939 film) movie poster

Writer
  
Michael Hogan
,
Angus MacPhail

Release date
  
March 1939

Initial release
  
March 1939 (United Kingdom)

Music director
  
Ernest Irving, Van Phillips

Screenplay
  
Anthony Kimmins, Michael Hogan, Angus MacPhail

Cast
  
George Formby
(George Gullip),
Googie Withers
(Mary Brown),
Gus McNaughton
(Bill Pike),
Esma Cannon
(Maid),
Garry Marsh
(A.G. Brady),
C. Denier Warren
(Major Hopkins)

Similar movies
  
Related Anthony Kimmins movies

Trouble Brewing is a 1939 British comedy film directed by Anthony Kimmins and starring George Formby, Googie Withers and Gus McNaughton. It was made by Associated Talking Pictures, and includes the songs "Fanlight Fanny" and "Hitting the Highspots Now." The film is based on a novel by Joan Butler. The film's sets were designed by art director Wilfred Shingleton.

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Plot summary

George Formby plays a Daily Sun compositor who wins a large sum at the racing. He collects three ten pound notes. Unable to spend them at the bar, he exchanges them for six fivers. He is paid with counterfeit notes. Formby’s character (George Gullip) then tries to find the criminals. In the process he goes "under cover" as a waiter and a wrestler. Clues suggest the villain is Gullip’s own boss.

Cast

  • George Formby as George Gullip
  • Googie Withers as Mary Brown
  • Gus McNaughton as Bill Pike
  • Garry Marsh as A.G. Brady
  • C. Denier Warren as Major Hopkins
  • Beatrix Fielden-Kaye as Housekeeper
  • Joss Ambler as Lord Redhill
  • Ronald Shiner as Bridgewater
  • Martita Hunt as Madame Berdi
  • Esma Cannon as Maid
  • Basil Radford as Guest
  • Hal Gordon as Brewery Truck Driver
  • James Knight as Brewery Foreman
  • Harry Terry as Race Card Seller
  • Jack Vyvian as Policeman Playing Cards
  • Elsie Wagstaff as Mrs. Hopkins

    • Critical reception

  • TV Guide found it an "enjoyable Formby vehicle"
  • 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."

    • References

    Trouble Brewing (1939 film) Wikipedia
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    Trouble Brewing (1939 film) IMDb Trouble Brewing (1939 film) themoviedb.org