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Description
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Max Miller plays a boxer's manager who fails to get fights for his simple-minded boxer. The manager sets up a scene in an American nightclub whereby his fighter gets the chance to knock down the reigning champion. The ruse fails to get the fighter a job but a female acquaintance of the champion takes a fancy to his opponent. The plot develops aboard a ship back to England. [BFI] The film received a lot of bad publicity when it was withdrawn from the Empire, Leicester Square. Lady Fairhaven's name had been used about six times in the film and, on her insistance, had to be removed. Actors re-recorded offending lines which were replaced with a similar-sounding name. The film was released as 'Transatlantic Trouble', although briefly adopting the title 'Take It from Me'. The film followed the successful Educated Evans and saw the end of Max Miller's professional association with William Beaudine (See John M. East's Biography of Max Miller, Max Miller - The Cheeky Chappy, 1977).[BFI]
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