Much Too Shy (1942)
1h 32m
Running Time
October 12, 1942Release Date
Much Too Shy (1942)
1h 32m
Running Time
October 12, 1942Release Date
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Plot.
A simple handyman, who also is an amateur artist, gets into trouble when the head and shoulders portraits of some prominent local females are sold without his knowledge to an advertising agency and are published with nude bodies added to them.
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Cast & Crew.
George Formby
George Andy
Jimmy Clitheroe
Jimmy
Kathleen Harrison
Amelia Peabody
Hilda Bayley
Lady Driscoll
Eileen Bennett
Jackie Somers
Marcel Varnel
Director
Joss Ambler
Sir George Driscol
Ronald Frankau
Writer
Charles Hawtrey
Art Student
Walter Greenwood
Writer
Eric Clavering
Robert Latimer
D.J. Williams
Judge
Michael Vaughan
Writer
Gibb McLaughlin
Rev. Sheepshanks
Jack Marks
Writer
Peter Gawthorne
Counsel
Gus McNaughton
Manager
Frank Atkinson
Village Policeman
Valentine Dyall
Defence Councel
Alf Goddard
Pavement Artist
Mike Johnson
Hansom Cab Driver
James Knight
Mr. Pepper - Cinema Manager
Wally Patch
Police Constable
Harry Terry
Delivery Man
Ben Williams
Reporter
Jack Vyvyan
Commissionaire at Art School
Harold V. King
Sound Recordist
George Provis
Art Direction
Max Brenner
Editor
Arthur Crabtree
Cinematography
Philip Brandon
Assistant Director
R. Holmes Paul
Art Direction
Details.
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Wiki.
Much Too Shy is a 1942 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring George Formby, Kathleen Harrison, Hilda Bayley and Eileen Bennett. The cast includes radio star Jimmy Clitheroe (as George's brother), later "Carry On'" star Charles Hawtrey, Peter Gawthorne and Joss Ambler.
Formby's featured songs are They Laughed When I Started to Play (Formby/Cliffe), Talking to the Moon About You (Day), Delivering the Morning Milk (Formby/Gifford/Cliffe) and Andy the Handy Man, written by Eddie Latta.