On the Beat
As the COPPER who comes a CROPPER!
Directed by Robert Asher
Produced by The Rank Organisation
A lighthearted British comedy about a bumbling would-be policeman whose impersonation of a cop causes escalating slapstick chaos.
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
Essence
Ensemble
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
Dilys Laye
American Lady
George Pastell
Manzini
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