Tons of Trouble

Richard Hearne ("Mr. Pastry") is able to give his full attention to just the one part in this rather enjoyable little comedy drama. He is the caretaker in a block of plush apartments charged with the general maintenance of the two boilers and all the ancillary tasks servicing his rather unappreciative tenants. Things go wrong on a pretty much daily basis, but unbeknown to him he becomes the bearer of a secret that could save the bacon of the very people who want to be rid of him... Some of the visual comedy is well past it's sell by date, but Hearne is entertaining and there are some decent contributions from William Hartnell, Austin Trevor and Joan Marlon as the poor man's nemesis "Angela" to keep it moving along speedily. Perhaps, the whole "Pastry" style of gentle comedy was nearing it's end, but for 1956, it just about still works.