Trouble with Eve is a 1960 British second feature comedy film directed by Francis Searle and starring Hy Hazell, Sally Smith, Robert Urquhart and Garry Marsh. The screenplay was by Brock Williams based on the 1953 play Widows are Dangerous by June Garland. It was shot at Walton Studios. The film was released in the U.S. in 1964 as In Trouble With Eve.
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Premise
In the sleepy English village of Warlock, Louise Kingston converts her cottage into "The Willow Tree", a commercial tearoom. However, scandal ensues when the local inspector gets caught with his pants down, and the tea room is rumoured to be a brothel.
Cast
Hy Hazell as Louise Kingston
Robert Urquhart as Bryan Maitland
Sally Smith as Eve Kingston
Garry Marsh as Roland Axbridge
Vera Day as Daisy Freeman
Grace Denbigh Russell as Mrs Mordant
Brenda Hogan as Angie Kingston Rigby
Denis Shaw as George Rigby
Iris Vandeleur as Mrs Biddle
Frank Atkinson as cabdriver
David Graham as car driver
Tony Quinn as Bellchambers
Bruce Seton as Colonel Digby-Phillpotts
Kim Shelley as Mrs Digby-Phillpotts
Bill Shine as artist
Critical reception
Chibnall and McFarlane in The British 'B' Film wrote that the film: "despite its shop-worn late-of-the-West-End look, moves along breezily and the competent actors make the most of their amusing lines."
In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "poor", writing: "Slaptick farce devoid of inspiration."
TV Guide called the film "a barely average British comedy."