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Much Too Shy

6.519421h 32mMovieComedy

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.

DirectorMarcel Varnel
WriterWalter Greenwood
ProducersMarcel Varnel·Ben Henry

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Cast · Directed by Marcel Varnel

GFGeorge Formby
George Formby
George Andy
KHKathleen Harrison
Kathleen Harrison
Amelia Peabody
JC
Jimmy Clitheroe
Jimmy
EBEileen Bennett
Eileen Bennett
Jackie Somers
HBHilda Bayley
Hilda Bayley
Lady Driscol
JAJoss Ambler
Joss Ambler
Sir George Driscol
CHCharles Hawtrey
Charles Hawtrey
Art Student
EC
Eric Clavering
Robert Latimer
DW
D.J. Williams
Judge
GMGibb McLaughlin
Gibb McLaughlin
Rev. Sheepshanks
PGPeter Gawthorne
Peter Gawthorne
Counsel
GB
George Bishop

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Much Too Shy — streaming FAQ

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Much Too Shy hasn't started streaming in Australia yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around November 30, 1942. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.