Trouble with Eve

Trouble with Eve
British Front of House still
Directed by	Francis Searle
Screenplay by	Brock Williams
Based on	a play by June Garland
Produced by	Tom Blakeley
Starring	Hy Hazell Sally Smith Robert Urquhart Garry Marsh
Cinematography	Walter J. Harvey (as James Harvey)
Edited by	Eric Boyd-Perkins
Music by	Wilfred Burns
Production company	A Mancunian Butcher Production
Distributed by	Butcher's Film Service (UK)
Release date	March 1960 (UK)
Running time	65 min.
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Trouble with Eve is a low budget 1960 British comedy film directed by Francis Searle and starring Hy Hazell, Sally Smith, Robert Urquhart and Garry Marsh.^[1] It was based on the play Widows are Dangerous by June Garland.^[2] It was shot at Walton Studios. The film was released in the U.S. in 1964 as In Trouble With Eve.^[3]

Premise[]

In the sleepy English village of Warlock, Louise Kingston (Hy Hazell) 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[]

TV Guide called the film "a barely average British comedy."^[4]

References[]

External links[]

• Trouble with Eve at IMDb

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