| Trouble with Eve | |
| Director: | Francis Searle |
| Producer: | Tom Blakeley |
| Screenplay: | Brock Williams |
| Based On: | "Widows are Dangerous", play by June Garland |
| Starring: | Hy Hazell Sally Smith Robert Urquhart Garry Marsh |
| Music: | Wilfred Burns |
| Cinematography: | Walter J. Harvey (as James Harvey) |
| Editing: | Eric Boyd-Perkins |
| Studio: | A Mancunian Butcher Production |
| Distributor: | Butcher's Film Service (UK) |
| Runtime: | 65 min. |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
Trouble with Eve is a 1960 British second feature[1] comedy film directed by Francis Searle and starring Hy Hazell, Sally Smith, Robert Urquhart and Garry Marsh.[2] The screenplay was by Brock Williams based on the 1953 play Widows are Dangerous by June Garland.[3] It was shot at Walton Studios. The film was released in the U.S. in 1964 as In Trouble With Eve.[4]
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.
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."[5]
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."[6]