Trouble in the Air

1948 British film

George Black Jr.
Alfred Black
Jack Davies
Martin Lane
Michael Pertwee

Produced by

George Black Jr.
Alfred Black

Starring

Freddie Frinton
Jimmy Edwards
Bill Owen

CinematographyRoy FogwellEdited byGraeme HamiltonMusic byArthur Wilkinson

Production
company

Highbury Productions

Distributed byGeneral Film Distributors

Release date

1 November 1948 (1948-11-01)

Running time

55 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

Trouble in the Air is a 1948 British comedy film directed by Charles Saunders and starring Freddie Frinton, Jimmy Edwards, and Bill Owen.^[1] 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

^ Chibnall & MacFarlane p.

Bibliography

Chibnall, Steve & McFarlane, Brian. The British 'B' Film. Palgrave MacMillan, 2009.

External links

Trouble in the Air at IMDb

Films by Charles Saunders

Feature films

Director	No Exit (1930) Everything Is Thunder (1936) Tawny Pipit (1944) (co-director, Bernard Miles) The Way to the Stars (1945, director of Second Unit) The White Unicorn (1947, location director) Fly Away Peter (1948) Trouble in the Air (1948) Your Witness (1950, assistant to director) Dark Interval (1950) Chelsea Story (1951) One Wild Oat (1951) Death of an Angel (1952) Blind Man's Bluff (1952) Come Back Peter (1952) Black Orchid (1953) Love in Pawn (1953) The Scarlet Web (1954) The Golden Link (1954) Meet Mr. Callaghan (1954) One Jump Ahead (1955) The Hornet's Nest (1955) A Time to Kill (1955) The Narrowing Circle (1956) Behind the Headlines (1956) Find the Lady (1956) Murder Reported (1957) There's Always a Thursday (1957) The Man Without a Body (1957) Date with Disaster (1957) Kill Her Gently (1957) The End of the Line (1957) Womaneater (1958) Nudist Paradise (1958) Naked Fury (1959) Strictly Confidential (1959) Operation Cupid (1959) The Gentle Trap (1960) Dangerous Afternoon (1961) Jungle Street (1961) Danger by My Side (1963)
Editor	Enter the Queen (1930) Bill's Legacy (1931) Immediate Possession (1931) Peace and Quiet (1931) We dine at Seven (1931) Detective Lloyd (1931) The Wrong Mr. Perkins (1931) The Guv'nor (1935) O.H.M.S. (1937) Take My Tip (1937) The Gaunt Stranger (1938) Sweet Devil (1938) The Ware Case (1938) The Four Just Men (1939) Young Man's Fancy (1939) Return to Yesterday (1940) Alibi (1942, supervising editor) The Gentle Sex (1943)
Cutter	Cottage to Let (1941) I Thank You (1941) Hi Gang! (1941) Back-Room Boy (1942) We Dive at Dawn (1943)
Script writer	Tawny Pipit (1944) Come Back Peter (1952)