On the Beat (1962)
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
- Date of release
- 1962-12-11
- TMDB
- 7.6 / 10 (34)
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime
- Director
- Robert Asher
Casting
- 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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