Trouble in the Air is a 1948 British comedy film directed by Charles Saunders and starring Freddie Frinton, Jimmy Edwards, and Bill Owen.[1][2] It was made at Highbury Studios as a second feature. The film's sets were designed by the art director Don Russell.
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| Directed by | Charles Saunders |
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| Cinematography | Roy Fogwell |
| Edited by | Graeme Hamilton |
| Music by | Arthur Wilkinson |
Production company | Highbury Productions |
| Distributed by | General Film Distributors |
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Running time | 55 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Synopsis
editA BBC broadcaster travels to a small village for a feature on a bell-ringing team but becomes entangled in an attempt by a spiv to cheat an impoverished local landowner. Assisted by the loyal butler the landowner is eventually saved by a football pools win, even if the broadcast turns out to be a disaster.
Cast
edit- Freddie Frinton as Fred Somers
- Jimmy Edwards as B. Barrington Crockett
- Joyce Golding as Miss Polly Clinch
- Bill Owen as 1st spiv
- Malcolm Russell as Sir Charles Newdigate
- Laurence Naismith as Tom Hunt
- Jon Pertwee as Truelove
- Sam Costa as 2nd spiv
- Lisa Lee as Mrs. Hunt
- Dennis Vance as Larry Somers
- Stella Hamilton as April Newdigate
- Lionel Murton as 1st boy
- David Liney as 2nd boy
- Gerald Kent as Mr. Barnes
- Patsy Drake as Cockett's secretary
References
edit- ^ "Trouble in the Air". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ^ Chibnall & MacFarlane p.
Bibliography
edit- Chibnall, Steve & McFarlane, Brian. The British 'B' Film. Palgrave MacMillan, 2009.
External links
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