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14/12/1953 Comedy, Family 1h 25m
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I know it's true, yes, I'm a fool

Overview

Norman is working in the stock room of a large London department store, but he has ambition (doesn't he always !!), he wants to be a window dresser making up the public displays. Whilst trying to fulfill his ambition, he falls in love (doesn't he always !!), with one of the shopgirls. Together they discover a plot to rob the store and, somehow, manage to foil the robbers.

  1. John Paddy Carstairs

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Norman Wisdom

    Norman

  2. Margaret Rutherford

    Miss Bacon

  3. Moira Lister

    Peggy Drew

  4. Derek Bond

    Gerald

  5. Lana Morris

    Sally Wilson

  6. Jerry Desmonde

    August Freeman

  7. Megs Jenkins

    Miss Gibson

  8. Joan Sims

    Edna

  9. Eddie Leslie

    Bill

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-04-04
Margaret Rutherford and Norman Wisdom share top billing here but the former - "Miss Bacon", a rather classy shoplifter, features infrequently. This is really just a showcase for Wisdom. He works in a department store that gets a new boss in "Augustus Freeman" (Jerry Desmonde) with whom he gets off to quite an entertaining, if ropey, start. Hired, then fired, then rehired - we now enjoy a series of set-piece comedy scenarios as poor old "Norman" lurches from fireplace to the fire. Purely by accident, he finds himself embroiled in a cunning plot to relieve the store of it's takings on sale day -...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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