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11/12/1962 Comedy, Crime 1h 46m
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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

  1. Robert Asher

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Norman Wisdom

    Norman Pitkin / Giulio Napolitani

  2. Jennifer Jayne

    Rosanna Guardia

  3. Raymond Huntley

    Sir Ronald Ackroyd

  4. David Lodge

    Inspector Cecil Hobson

  5. Esma Cannon

    Mrs. Timms

  6. Eric Barker

    Police Doctor

  7. Eleanor Summerfield

    Sergeant Lucilla Wilkins

  8. Ronnie Stevens

    Oberon

  9. Terence Alexander

    Chief Superintendent Bert Belcher

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-03-25
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 gets soaked and he gets fired. Luckily for him, though, the police are under huge pressure to appre...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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