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{{Short description|1938 British film by Norman Lee}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Almost a Honeymoon
| image = "Almost_a_Honeymoon"_(1938).jpg
| alt = 
| caption =
| director = [[Norman Lee]]
| producer = [[Warwick Ward]]
| writer = Walter Ellis (play) [[Kenneth Horne (writer)|Kenneth Horne]] Ralph Neale
| starring = [[Tommy Trinder]] [[Linden Travers]] [[Edmund Breon]] [[Frederick Burtwell]]
| music =[[John Reynders]]
| cinematography = [[Bryan Langley]]
| editing = Ted Richards
| studio =Welwyn Studios
| distributor =[[Associated British Picture Corporation|Associated British]]
| released = {{Film date|1938|04|21|df=yes}}
| runtime = 80 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
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'''''Almost a Honeymoon''''' is a 1938 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Norman Lee]] and starring [[Tommy Trinder]], [[Linden Travers]] and [[Edmund Breon]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/37115|title=Almost a Honeymoon (1938)|work=BFI|access-date=11 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022173211/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/37115|archive-date=22 October 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was based on the 1930 play ''[[Almost a Honeymoon (play)|Almost a Honeymoon]]'' by Walter Ellis, previously filmed [[Almost a Honeymoon (1930 film)|in 1930]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/67125/Almost-A-Honeymoon/|title=Almost A Honeymoon (1938) - Overview - TCM.com|work=Turner Classic Movies}}</ref> Its plot is about a young man who urgently needs to find a wife so that he can get a lucrative job in the colonial service, and sets out to persuade a woman to marry him.

It was shot at the [[Welwyn Studios]] of [[Associated British Picture Corporation|Associated British]] outside [[London]]. The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]] [[Duncan Sutherland]].

==Cast==
* [[Tommy Trinder]] as Peter Dibley
* [[Linden Travers]] as Patricia Quilter
* [[Edmund Breon]] as Aubrey Lovitt
* [[Frederick Burtwell]] as Charles
* Vivienne Bennett as Rita Brent
* [[Arthur Hambling]] as Adolphus
* [[Aubrey Mallalieu]] as Clutterbuck
* [[Ian Fleming (actor)|Ian Fleming]] as Sir James Hooper
* [[Betty Jardine]] as Lavinia Pepper
* [[Wally Patch]] as Bailiff

==Critical reception==
[[Allmovie]] wrote, "nothing really happens (this is a 1938 film), but you can't censor the gleam in the supporting characters' eyes."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/almost-a-honeymoon-v83528|title=Almost a Honeymoon (1938) - Norman Lee - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie|author=Hal Erickson|work=AllMovie}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0029858}}

{{Norman Lee}}

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[[Category:1930s British films]]
[[Category:Films scored by John Reynders]]

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