Trouble in Store

This article is about a comedy film. For other uses, see Trouble in Store (disambiguation).

Trouble in Store
Original British Quad poster
Directed byJohn Paddy Carstairs
Written byJohn Paddy Carstairs
Maurice Cowan
Ted Willis
Jill Craigie
Produced byMaurice Cowan
Earl St. John
StarringNorman Wisdom
Moira Lister
Margaret Rutherford
Jerry Desmonde
CinematographyErnest Steward
Edited byGeoffrey Foot
Peter Seabourne
Music byMischa Spoliansky
Production
company
Distributed byGeneral Film Distributors
Republic Pictures (US)
Release date
  • 14 December 1953 (1953-12-14)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£125,000[1]

Trouble in Store is a 1953 British comedy film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Norman Wisdom in his cinema debut. The film also featured Moira Lister, Margaret Rutherford, Jerry Desmonde and Lana Morris. For his performance, Wisdom won a BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer. Although it was shown at a West End venue, the film broke box office records at 51 out of the 67 London cinemas in which it played.[2] The film was shot at Pinewood Studios with sets designed by the art director Alex Vetchinsky. It was released by Rank's General Film Distributors and was later released in America by Republic Pictures. The film's success led to Wisdom appearing in a string of films for Rank beginning with One Good Turn.

  1. ^ Geoffrey Macnab, J. Arthur Rank and the British Film Industry, London, Routledge, 1993, p. 222
  2. ^ Pratt, Vic (2003–14). "Trouble In Store (1953)". Screenonline. BFI. Retrieved 16 September 2017.