Trouble Brewing
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Trouble Brewing is a 1939 British comedy film. It is based on the novel by Joan Butler.
[edit] Plot outline
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
George Formby plays a Daily Sun compositor who wins a large sum at the racing. He is paid with counterfeit notes. Formby’s character (George Gullip) then tries to find the criminals. In the process he goes "under cover" as a waiter and a wrestler. Clues suggest the villain is Gullip’s own boss.
The film has Googie Withers in an early rôle.
[edit] Cast
- George Formby - George Gullip
- Googie Withers - Mary Brown
- Gus McNaughton - Bill Pike
- Garry Marsh - A.G. Brady
- C. Denier Warren - Major Hopkins
[edit] Details
- Producer – Jack Kitchen
- Director - Anthony Kimmins,
- Screenplay – Anthony Kimmins, Angus McPhail andMichael Hogan.
- Length – 87 minutes
- Colour - Black & White
