Trouble in Store

Trouble in Store (1953)

I know it's true, yes, I'm a fool

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.

Date of release
1953-12-14
TMDB
6.1 / 10 (25)
Runtime
1h 25m
Genres
Comedy, Family
Director
John Paddy Carstairs

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Pinewood Studios

Trouble in Store is a 1953 British comedy film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Norman Wisdom in his cinema debut. The film also featured Moira Lister, Margaret Rutherford, Jerry Desmonde and Lana Morris. For his performance, Wisdom won a BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer. Although it was shown at a West End venue, the film broke box office records at 51 out of the 67 London cinemas in which it played.

Production

Earl St John saw Norman Wisdom on television and signed him to Rank on a seven-year contract. However an initial screen test between Wisdom and Petula Clark under the direction of Ronald Neame went poorly. Rank tried to get out of the contract, but Wisdom and his agent insisted it be honoured. Wisdom says St John then arranged for Jill Craigie to write a vehicle specifically for him, which she did over six weeks.

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