''Asking for Trouble'' is a 1942 British

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending ( black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the o ...

directed by

Oswald Mitchell Oswald Albert Mitchell (1890 - April 27, 1949) was a British film director who directed several of the Old Mother Riley series of films.

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

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who takes up

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to earn extra cash.BFI.org
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Cast

* Max Miller as Dick Smith *

as Jane Smythe *

Mark Lester Mark Lester (born Mark A. Letzer; 11 July 1958) is an English former child actor, osteopath, and acupuncturist who starred in a number of British and European films in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1968 he played the title role in the film ''Oliver ...

as General Smythe * Wilfrid Hyde-White as Pettifer * Billy Percy as George * Eleanor Hallam as Margarita * Aubrey Mallalieu as General Fortescue *

Kenneth Kove Kenneth Kove (1892–1984) was a British actor. He was a regular member of the Aldwych farce team between 1923 and 1930, often in "silly-ass" roles; appearing in '' It Pays to Advertise'' (1923), '' Thark'' (1927), '' A Cup of Kindness'' (1929), ...

as Captain Fortescue * Chick Elliott as Mandy Lou * Esma Cannon as Ada * Lesley Osmond as Paulette * Raymond Glendenning as Commentator

References

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* 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 {{1940s-UK-comedy-film-stub