On the Beat
6.8
“As the COPPER who comes a CROPPER!”
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
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Cast
70 people
Norman Wisdom
Norman Pitkin / Giulio Napolitani
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Jennifer Jayne
Rosanna Guardia
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Raymond Huntley
Sir Ronald Ackroyd
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David Lodge
Inspector Cecil Hobson
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Esma Cannon
Mrs. Timms
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Eric Barker
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Eleanor Summerfield
Sergeant Lucilla Wilkins
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Ronnie Stevens
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Terence Alexander
Chief Superintendent Bert Belcher
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Maurice Kaufmann
Vince
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Dilys Laye
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George Pastell
Manzini
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Robert Asher Director · Jack Davis Screenplay Norman Wisdom Screenplay
United States release January 1, 1963 · Produced in United Kingdom · Languages English, Italian
Production
The Rank Organisation
Production
United Artists Pictures
Studio
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Italian
Release dates
United Kingdom · December 11, 1962
Theatrical
United States · January 1, 1963
Theatrical
Ireland
December 21, 1962 · Theatrical
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