Asking for Trouble

Asking for Trouble
Asking for Trouble
Directed by	Oswald Mitchell
Written by	Oswald Mitchell; Con West
Produced by	Wallace Orton
Starring	Max Miller; Carole Lynne; Mark Lester; Wilfrid Hyde-White
Cinematography	James Wilson
Edited by	Fergus McDonell
Music by	Kennedy Russell
Production; company	British National Films Company
Distributed by	Anglo American Film Corporation
Release date	September 1942;
Running time	81 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Asking for Trouble is a 1942 British comedy film directed by Oswald Mitchell and starring Max Miller, Carole Lynne and Wilfrid Hyde-White.^[1] Its plot follows a fishmonger who takes up bookmaking to earn extra cash.^[2]

Cast

The film was part of British National's deliberate policy to make more comedies.^[3]^[4]

^ St. Pierre p.17
^ BFI.org
^ "British National stick to policy of laughter". Kinematograph Weekly. 14 January 1943. p. 113.
^ Vagg, Stephen (14 September 2025). "Forgotten British Film Moguls: Lady Yule". Filmink. Retrieved 14 September 2025.

St. Pierre, Paul Matthew. Music Hall Mimesis in British Film, 1895-1960: On the Halls on the Screen. Associated University Press, 2009.

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