UK Release date: 1 November 1948
First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 8 July 1950
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Running time: 55 minutes.
Director: Charles Saunders
Cast: Freddie Frinton, Jimmy Edwards & Joyce Golding
Australian Distributor: GBDFD
Melbourne Premiere Venue: Independent Australia cinema for three weeks from 30 December 1949 supporting Look Before You Love.
Suburban Release Type: Union Elwood Broadway EX-2
Rankings
| Rank | ||
| EF Points | 4 | 353 |
| EF PPE | 1.33 | 346 |
| Metres Travelled | 33,892 | 351 |
| Average MT | 11,297 | 35 |
| Engagements | 3 | 350 |
| Slots | 3 | 353 |
| Weeks | 0 | 338* |
| Weeks as % of engagements | 0.00% | 338* |
| Saturdays | 1 | 336 |
| Sats as % of engagements | 33.33% | 188 |
| Tuesdays | 2 | 317 |
| Tues as % of engagements | 66.67% | 36 |
| First billed | 0 | 263* |
| Second billed | 3 | 234 |
| Feature only | 0 | 34* |
Independent ratios
| Engagements weeks 1-10 | 3 |
| Ratio | 100.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 13.33% |
| Eng weeks 11-26 | 0 |
| Ratio | 0.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -7.62% |
| Eng weeks 27-52 | 0 |
| Ratio | 0.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -5.71% |
| Hoyts eng | 0 |
| Ratio | 0.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -0.84% |
| Independent eng | 3 |
| Ratio | 100.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 22.89% |
| Suburban eng | 0 |
| Ratio | 0.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -22.05% |
Notes: Poverty-stricken British B comedy that barely qualified as a feature film. Hoyts had nominal rights to the film but ignored it completely and it snuck out quietly through a trio of Union’s lesser venues as a support. Naturally its rankings were dismal.
Trouble in the Air engagements
| SUBURB | VENUE | CHAIN | DATE | W | D | B | CO-FEATURE |
| Elwood | Broadway | Independent | 8/7/50 | 1 | T | 2 | Madame Bovary |
| Oakleigh | Plaza | Independent | 22/7/50 | 2 | T | 2 | Once Upon a Dream |
| North Richmond | Victoria | Independent | 2/9/50 | 9 | S | 2 | The Forsyte Saga |
The 1950 Project 