Trouble in the Air
1948 British film by Charles Saunders
- George Black Jr.
- Alfred Black
- Jack Davies
- Martin Lane
- Michael Pertwee
- George Black Jr.
- Alfred Black
- Freddie Frinton
- Jimmy Edwards
- Bill Owen
Production
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Highbury Productions
Release date
- 1 November 1948 (1948-11-01)
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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.
Synopsis
A 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
- 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
Bibliography
- Chibnall, Steve & McFarlane, Brian. The British 'B' Film. Palgrave MacMillan, 2009.
External links
- Trouble in the Air at IMDb
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Films by Charles Saunders
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- Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Presents (8 episodes) (1953–1954)
- Fabian of the Yard (10 episodes) (1953–1956)
- Adventures of the Big Man (9 episodes) (1956)
- Peter Saunders (impresario)
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