Tons of Trouble
1956 | 77m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Leslie S. Hiscott |
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| Writer: | Leslie S. Hiscott, Richard Hearne, John Barrow |
| Staring: |
| An apartment handyman is unusually attached to a pair of boilers he names "Mavis" and "Ethel." | |
| Release Date: | Apr 09, 1956 |
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| Director: | Leslie S. Hiscott |
| Writer: | Leslie S. Hiscott, Richard Hearne, John Barrow |
| Genres: | Comedy |
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Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 19, 2026 Entered: Apr 30, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Richard Hearne | Mr. Pastry |
| William Hartnell | Bert |
| Austin Trevor | Sir Hervey Shaw |
| Joan Marion | Angela Shaw |
| Robert Moreton | Jevons |
| Ralph Truman | Inspector Bridger |
| Ronald Adam | Psychiatrist |
| Junia Crawford | Diana Little |
| Tony Quinn | Cracknell |
| Sylvia Bidmead | Swissair Girl |
| Brian Harrington | Police Doctor |
| Yvonne Hearne | Matron |
| William Mervyn | Roberts (MI5) |
| Cyril Renison | Plain Clothes Officer |
| Neil Wilson | Milligan |
| John Stuart | Doctor |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Leslie S. Hiscott | Writer, Director |
| Elizabeth Hiscott | Music |
| Terence Verity | Art Direction |
| Richard Hearne | Writer |
| Norman Warwick | Cinematography |
| Carmen Beliaeff | Editor |
| Lambert Williamson | Conductor |
| John Barrow | Story |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Richard Hearne | Producer |
| Elizabeth Hiscott | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 2024 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
Trending Position
Richard Hearne ("Mr. Pastry") is able to give his full attention to just the one part in this rather enjoyable little comedy drama. He is the caretaker in a block of plush apartments charged with the general maintenance of the two boilers and all the ancillary tasks servicing his rather unappreciati ... ve tenants. Things go wrong on a pretty much daily basis, but unbeknown to him he becomes the bearer of a secret that could save the bacon of the very people who want to be rid of him... Some of the visual comedy is well past it's sell by date, but Hearne is entertaining and there are some decent contributions from William Hartnell, Austin Trevor and Joan Marlon as the poor man's nemesis "Angela" to keep it moving along speedily. Perhaps, the whole "Pastry" style of gentle comedy was nearing it's end, but for 1956, it just about still works.