''Asking for Trouble'' is a 1942 British comedy film directed by Oswald Mitchell and starring Max Miller,

Carole Lynne Helen Violet Carolyn Delfont, Baroness Delfont (née Heyman; 16 September 1918 – 17 January 2008), known professionally as Carole Lynne, was a British theatre actress, best known for her work in the 1940s and 1950s. She was the widow of the ...

and Wilfrid Hyde-White. Its plot follows a fishmonger who takes up bookmaking to earn extra cash.BFI.org
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Cast

* Max Miller as Dick Smith *

as Jane Smythe * Mark Lester as General Smythe * Wilfrid Hyde-White as Pettifer * Billy Percy as George * Eleanor Hallam as Margarita * Aubrey Mallalieu as General Fortescue * Kenneth Kove as Captain Fortescue *

Chick Elliott Violet Elliott (born Violet Zara Hargrave; 26 February 1899 – 20 May 1977), who was known in Britain as Chick Elliott, was an Australian comedian, singer and actress. Early life and career She was born in Melbourne, the daughter of Arthur H ...

as Mandy Lou * Esma Cannon as Ada * Lesley Osmond as Paulette * Raymond Glendenning as commentator

References

Bibliography

* St. Pierre, Paul Matthew. ''Music Hall Mimesis in British Film, 1895-1960: On the Halls on the Screen''. Associated University Press, 2009.

External links

* 1942 films 1940s English-language films Films directed by Oswald Mitchell 1942 comedy films British comedy films Films set in London British black-and-white films 1940s British films English-language comedy films Films scored by Kennedy Russell {{1940s-UK-comedy-film-stub