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A Hole Lot of Trouble (Original title)
Date: 1969 (Copyright)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Francis Searle

Production company billing: A "Screen Miniature". Made at Rayant Studios, Bushey, Herts.
Synopsis: Comedy featurette about three council workmen digging a hole in the road to fit an electrical cable extension.

Genre:
Comedy
Releases
Date: 1969Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - SoundRuntime: 28 mins Length: 2509 FeetLanguage: English

Credits (20)
©: Chairene Productions, Production Company: Chairene Productions, Executive Producer: John Hogarth, Producer: Francis Searle, Associate Producer: Robert Gallico, Production Manager: Ernie Lewis, Assistant Director (2nd): Michael Murray, Continuity: Cheryl Leigh, Screenplay: Ian Flintoff, Original story by: Francis Searle, Director of Photography: Terry Maher, Camera Operator: Len Harris, Focus Puller: Douglas Williams, Editor: Peter Mayhew, Art Director: Wilfred Arnold, Construction Manager: Arthur Smith, Music: Peter Jeffries, Sound Recording: Bill Howell, Dubbing Mixer: Douglas Turner
Cast (16)
Arthur Lowe (Mr Whitehouse), Tim Barrett (Longbottom), Victor Maddern (Percy), Bill Maynard (Bill), Brian Weske (Digby), Leslie Dwyer (evangelist), Ken Parry (Charles), Hani Borelle (Fenella), Georgina Simpson (Carol), Benny Lee (Bert), Neal Arden (military-type man), Jack Chissick, Michael Sharvell-Martin, Hazel Coppen, Trudi Van Doorn, Delia Lindsay