Trouble with Eve
1960 British film by Francis Searle
- March 1960 (1960-03) (UK)
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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] It was based on the 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
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]
References
- ^ a b Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 164. ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6.
- ^ "Trouble with Eve". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ "In Trouble With Eve(1964)". Archived from the original on 18 October 2016.
- ^ "In Trouble With Eve (1964) - Original Print Information". Archived from the original on 19 October 2016.
- ^ Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6.
- ^ "In Trouble With Eve | TV Guide". TVGuide.com.
External links
- Trouble with Eve at IMDb
- Trouble with Eve then-and-now location photographs at ReelStreets
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Films directed by Francis Searle
- A Girl in a Million (1946)
- Things Happen at Night (1947)
- Celia (1949)
- The Man in Black (1949)
- The Lady Craved Excitement (1950)
- Someone at the Door (1950)
- A Case for PC 49 (1951)
- Cloudburst (1951)
- The Rossiter Case (1951)
- Love's a Luxury (1952)
- Never Look Back (1952)
- Whispering Smith Hits London (1952)
- Murder at 3am (1953)
- Wheel of Fate (1953)
- Profile (1954)
- One Way Out (1955)
- The Gelignite Gang (1956)
- Undercover Girl (1958)
- Murder at Site 3 (1959)
- Trouble with Eve (1960)
- Ticket to Paradise (1961)
- Freedom to Die (1961)
- Emergency (1962)
- Dead Man's Evidence (1962)
- Gaolbreak (1962)
- Night of the Prowler (1962)
- The Marked One (1963)
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