Trouble Brewing (1939 film)

Trouble Brewing is a 1939 British comedy film directed by Anthony Kimmins and starring George Formby, Googie Withers and Gus McNaughton.[1] It was made by Associated Talking Pictures,[2] and includes the songs "Fanlight Fanny" and "Hitting the Highspots Now".[3] The film is based on a novel by Joan Butler, and the sets were designed by art director Wilfred Shingleton.

Trouble Brewing
Poster, from UK trade advertisement
Directed byAnthony Kimmins
Written by
Produced byJack Kitchin
Starring
CinematographyRonald Neame
Edited by
  • Ernest Aldridge
  • Eric Williams
Music byErnest Irving
Production
company
Distributed byAssociated British
Release date
March 1939
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Plot summary

George Formby plays George Gullip, a Daily Sun compositor who wins a large sum at the races. He collects three ten-pound notes but, unable to spend them at the bar, exchanges them for six five-pound notes, which turn out to be counterfeit. Gullip is determined to find the criminals and in so doing goes "undercover" as a waiter and a wrestler, before various clues suggest the villain is Gullip's own boss at the newspaper.

Cast

Critical reception

TV Guide found the film an "enjoyable Formby vehicle".[3] Sky Movies wrote, "the fun is as fast and furious in this incident-packed George Formby romp as in any film he made...Receipts foamed over at box-offices throughout Britain."[4]

See also

References
  1. "BFI | Film & TV Database | TROUBLE BREWING (1939)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 16 April 2009. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  2. Wood p.99
  3. "Trouble Brewing Review". Movies.tvguide.com. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  4. "Trouble Brewing - Sky Movies HD". Skymovies.sky.com. 6 November 2003. Retrieved 13 March 2014.

Bibliography
  • Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
  • Perry, George. Forever Ealing. Pavilion Books, 1994.
  • Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.


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