Asking for Trouble is a 1942 British comedy film directed by Oswald Mitchell and starring Max Miller, Carole Lynne and Wilfrid Hyde-White.St. Pierre p.17 Its plot follows a fishmonger who takes up bookmaking to earn extra cash.BFI.org
Cast Max Miller as Dick Smith Carole Lynne 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 as Mandy Lou Esma Cannon as Ada Lesley Osmond as Paulette Raymond Glendenning as commentator Production The film was part of British National's deliberate policy to make more comedies. References
Bibliography St. Pierre, Paul Matthew. Music Hall Mimesis in British Film, 1895-1960: On the Halls on the Screen. Associated University Press, 2009.
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