On the Beat
As the COPPER who comes a CROPPER!
Overview
Norman Pitkin wants to be a policeman like his father was, but he fails the height test (amongst others). One day he gets out his father's old uniform and "walks the beat". This leads to a level of chaos that only Pitkin could cause
- Production
- The Rank Organisation
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Cast
Norman Wisdom
Norman Pitkin / Giulio Napolitani
Jennifer Jayne
Rosanna Guardia
Raymond Huntley
Sir Ronald Ackroyd
David Lodge
Inspector Cecil Hobson
Esma Cannon
Mrs. Timms
Eric Barker
Police Doctor
Eleanor Summerfield
Sergeant Lucilla Wilkins
Ronnie Stevens
Oberon
Terence Alexander
Chief Superintendent Bert Belcher
Maurice Kaufmann
Vince
George Pastell
Manzini
Jack Watson
Police Sergeant
Campbell Singer
Bollington
Lionel Murton
Man on Underground Train
Robert Rietti
Italian Lawyer
Jean Aubrey
Lady Hinchingford
Monte Landis
Mr. Bassett
Mario Fabrizi
Newspaper Seller
Alfred Burke
Trigger O'Flynn
John Blythe
Chauffeur (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- Robert Asher
- Writers
- Norman Wisdom,Eddie Leslie,Jack Davis
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CinemaSerf
March 25, 2023
Sometimes I forget just how charismatic and talented Norman Wisdom was. I was never a fan of slapstick humour, but somehow he always manages to inject the tiniest elements of class - even sophistication - into his performances. Here, he delivers one of his better and harder-working efforts as "Pitkin"; son of a decorated police officer who, it had been deemed, is too short to serve in the constabulary himself - so he gets a job cleaning their cars! Now cue for a fun water fight; the Commissioner…