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Much Too Shy

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, later "Carry On'" star Charles Hawtrey, Peter Gawthorne and Joss Ambler.

Plot summary
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. ==Cast==
Cast
George Formby – George Andy • Kathleen Harrison – Amelia Peabody • Hilda Bayley – Lady Driscoll • Eileen Bennett – Jackie Somers • Joss Ambler – Sir George Driscoll • Jimmy Clitheroe – Jimmy • Frederick Burtwell – Harefield • Brefni O'Rorke – Somers • Eric Clavering – Robert Latimer • Gibb McLaughlin – Reverend Sheepshanks • Peter Gawthorne – Counsel • Valentine Dyall - Defendant's Counsel • Gus McNaughton - Manager of Commercial Art School • Wally Patch - Police Man • Charles Hawtrey - Osbert, the Art Student ==Critical reception==
Critical reception
''Halliwell's Film Guide'' called the film "a slightly vulgar and talkative farce which restricts the star". ==References==
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