Much Too Shy
1942 | 92m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Marcel Varnel |
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| Writer: | Walter Greenwood, Ronald Frankau |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 12, 1942 |
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| Director: | Marcel Varnel |
| Writer: | Walter Greenwood, Ronald Frankau |
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| Production Companies | Columbia British Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 19, 2026 Entered: May 02, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| George Formby | George Andy |
| Kathleen Harrison | Amelia Peabody |
| Jimmy Clitheroe | Jimmy |
| Eileen Bennett | Jackie Somers |
| Hilda Bayley | Lady Driscol |
| Joss Ambler | Sir George Driscol |
| Charles Hawtrey | Art Student |
| Eric Clavering | Robert Latimer |
| D.J. Williams | Judge |
| Gibb McLaughlin | Rev. Sheepshanks |
| Peter Gawthorne | Counsel |
| George Bishop | |
| Clifford Buckton | |
| Noel Dainton | |
| Fred Foster | |
| Eleanor Hallam | |
| Gus McNaughton | Manager |
| Judith Nelmes | |
| May Norton | |
| Dave O'Toole | |
| Percy Walsh | |
| 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 |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Kitty Spreckley | Editor |
| Max Brenner | Editor |
| Arthur Crabtree | Cinematography |
| R. Holmes Paul | Art Direction |
| George Provis | Art Direction |
| Harold V. King | Sound Recordist |
| Walter Greenwood | Screenplay |
| Harry Bidgood | Music Director |
| James Morris | Sound Recordist |
| George Claff | Makeup Artist |
| Philip Brandon | Assistant Director |
| Marcel Varnel | Director |
| Ronald Frankau | Original Story |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Ben Henry | Producer |
| Marcel Varnel | Producer |
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| 2025 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
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