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Much Too Shy

  • 1942
  • 1h 32m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
208
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Much Too Shy (1942)
Comedy

A handyman and amateur artist gets into trouble when nude female bodies are added to the heads he has drawn of prominent ladies, and are sold as soap adverts.A handyman and amateur artist gets into trouble when nude female bodies are added to the heads he has drawn of prominent ladies, and are sold as soap adverts.A handyman and amateur artist gets into trouble when nude female bodies are added to the heads he has drawn of prominent ladies, and are sold as soap adverts.

  • Director
    • Marcel Varnel
  • Writers
    • Ronald Frankau
    • Walter Greenwood
    • Michael Vaughan
  • Stars
    • George Formby
    • Kathleen Harrison
    • Hilda Bayley
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    • IMDb RATING
    6.2/10
    208
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Marcel Varnel
    • Writers
      • Ronald Frankau
      • Walter Greenwood
      • Michael Vaughan
    • Stars
      • George Formby
      • Kathleen Harrison
      • Hilda Bayley
    • 9User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    George Formby
    George Formby
    • George Andy
    Kathleen Harrison
    Kathleen Harrison
    • Amelia Peabody
    Hilda Bayley
    • Lady Driscoll
    Eileen Bennett
    • Jackie Somers
    Joss Ambler
    Joss Ambler
    • Sir George Driscoll
    Jimmy Clitheroe
    • Jimmy
    Frederick Burtwell
    • Mr. Harfield
    Brefni O'Rorke
    Brefni O'Rorke
    • Mr. Somers
    Eric Clavering
    • Robert Latimer
    Gibb McLaughlin
    Gibb McLaughlin
    • Revd. Sheepshanks
    • (as Gibb Mc Laughlin)
    D.J. Williams
    • The Judge
    Peter Gawthorne
    • Plaintiff's Counsel
    Valentine Dyall
    Valentine Dyall
    • Defendant's Councel
    Gus McNaughton
    Gus McNaughton
    • Manager of Commercial Art School
    • (as Gus Mc Naughton)
    Percy Walsh
    Clifford Buckton
    • Armstrong's Colleague
    Noel Dainton
    • Armstrong
    Wally Patch
    • Police Constable
    • Director
      • Marcel Varnel
    • Writers
      • Ronald Frankau
      • Walter Greenwood
      • Michael Vaughan
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    • Trivia
      One of the film posters painted by George is for a fictional movie - "Kansas Laundresses" starring May (sic) West.
    • Goofs
      The painted scenery backgrounds and the rear projection shots are glaringly obvious. This may be due to the limited budgets during wartime.
    • Crazy credits
      Opening credits prologue: Standstilton Green Where Life Begins at Seven a.m.
    • Connections
      References Dead End (1937)
    • Soundtracks
      I'm Delivering The Morning Milk
      Written by George Formby, Fred E. Cliffe and Harry Gifford (uncredited)
      Performed by George Formby

    User reviews9

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    4/10

    Not a patch on his Ealing films

    Formby was one of the top film stars of the thirties.However he made a major mistake when he left Ealing and joined Columbia British. The best of the films he made for Columbia were not as good as the worst of the Ealing films.The production is ramshackle the script poor and the songs were undistinguished. The good cast,Clitheroe excepted who is a real pain,are unable to save it.
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    • Dec 1, 2018
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    • Release date
      • October 12, 1942 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Previše stidljiv
    • Filming locations
      • Rock Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK(studio: made & produced at Rock Studios Elstree . . . England)
    • Production company
      • Columbia British Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 32 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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