Almost a Honeymoon is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Norman Lee and starring Tommy Trinder, Linden Travers and Edmund Breon. It was based on the 1930 play Almost a Honeymoon by Walter Ellis, previously filmed in 1930. 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 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 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." References External links 1938 films 1938 comedy films 1930s English-language films Films directed by Norman Lee British comedy films British films based on plays British black-and-white films 1930s British films