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Norman Wisdom Collection (DVD)
Edward Chapman, Brian Worth, Campbell Singer, Terence Alexander, Fenella Fielding, …
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A box set of 12 Norman Wisdom classics. In 'On the Beat' Wisdom
stars as a bumbling Scotland Yard car park attendant who gets his
chance to be a real policeman after he accidentally catches some
crooks. His advantage lies in the fact that he physically resembles
one of the ringleaders. In 'Man of the Moment' the bumbling Norman
(Wisdom) accidentally becomes the British delegate to an important
international conference in Geneva. Hilarious chaos and amusing
misunderstandings ensue. In 'Trouble in Store' Wisdom is taken on
as a shop assistant in a department store. His ambition is to
become a window dresser, and he falls in love at first sight with
his dream-girl, Sally. After a disastrous start (chasing a bus on
roller skates, entering a shop girl's hostel, the usual sort of
thing), events conspire to make Norman an unlikely hero. In 'Up in
the World' Wisdom stars as the bumbling window cleaner to Lady
Banderville. He has to cope with the pranks of her son, Sir Reggie,
but cleans up when he confounds a gang of kidnappers. In 'The
Square Peg' Norman Pitkin (Wisdom) is keen to help the war effort,
and turns out to be a dead ringer for an enemy general. Joining up
with his colleague, Mr Grimsdale, he is posted to France as part of
a team repairing the damaged roads. Captured by the enemy, he turns
his uncanny resemblance to his own advantage and comes home a hero.
In 'Follow a Star' Wisdom plays a shop worker (imaginatively also
named Norman, as indeed is every character he has ever portrayed)
who dreams of becoming a famous singer. His attempts are, of
course, disastrous, until he is encouraged by music teacher Miss
Dobson, and a crippled girl named Judy. In 'The Bulldog Breed'
Norman Puckle (Wisdom) is a grocer who joins the Navy and finds
himself chosen to man a rocket flight into outer space. After
Norman brings his own brand of madcap mayhem to the training
process, his superiors begin to suspect that they might have picked
the wrong person for the mission. Also starring Ian Hunter and
Edward Chapman. Whilst in 'One Good Turn' Norman (Wisdom) works at
the orphanage, and promises that he will buy one of its charges a
model car. But how can he get the money? Proving himself equally
incompetent at all jobs, he manages to raise a few laughs along the
way in his attempts to earn the cash and not disappoint the little
sprite. In 'A Stitch in Time' Star Wisdom plays an apprentice
butcher trying to help a sick child. His bumbling efforts end up
with him being banned from visiting little orphan Lindy, but Norman
will go to any lengths to keep in touch with his young charge.
Whilst in 'Just My Tuck', determined to win the heart of his
beautiful neighbour, Norman (Wisdom) decides he wants to buy her a
diamond necklace - but how can he possibly afford it? A solution
offers itself when he goes to a bookmaker's, learns the intricacies
of the accumulator bet, and sets out on a major winning streak.
However, whenever Norman is involved things are never quite that
simple, and soon enough our hapless hero finds himself in deep
trouble, creating havoc at the local racetrack. In 'The Early Bird'
Wisdom plays a milkman caught up in a feud between the small,
traditional company that employs him and a large, modern dairy
planning a hostile takeover. Will Norman, in his typically inept
fashion, manage to save his company from the onset of modernity?
Finally in 'Press For Time' Norman Shields (Wisdom) is an
accident-prone young reporter, who only got the job because his
grandfather (also played by Wisdom) happens to be the Prime
Minister. Hilarious chaos ensues when Norman is sent to cover a
beauty contest. Wisdom also appears in drag as a Suffragette called
Emily.
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Guilt Is My Shadow (DVD)
Lawrence O'Madden, Avice Landone, Peter Reynolds, Esma Cannon, Elizabeth Sellars, …
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Roy Kellino directs this classic crime thriller starring Patrick
Holt and Elizabeth Sellars. The film follows a young Devonshire
farmer whose world is turned upside down with the arrival of an
estranged nephew and his wife.
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Carry On Cabby (DVD)
Hattie Jacques, Kenneth Connor, Charles Hawtrey, Esma Cannon, Cyril Chamberlain, …
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R159
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Gerald Thomas directs this seventh film in the 'Carry On' series
starring Sid James and Hattie Jacques. Charlie (James), the owner
of taxi firm Speedee Taxis, finds he has some serious competition
when rival company GlamCabs opens up nearby. With his company
facing bankruptcy, Charlie suggests a merger only to call it off
when he finds out his wife Peggy (Jacques), who started GlamCabs as
a way to get back at him for years of neglect, is the new firm's
mysterious owner. However, when Peggy is then kidnapped by bank
robbers, Charlie is forced to put his issues to one side and rally
the drivers at Speedee Taxis in a bid to rescue her and bring her
home to safety. The cast also includes Kenneth Connor, Jim Dale and
Cyril Chamberlain.
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Raising the Wind (DVD)
James Robertson Justice, Leslie Phillips, Paul Massie, Kenneth Williams, Eric Barker, …
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'Carry On' director Gerald Thomas helms this comedy caper featuring
early appearances by James Robertson Justice, Sid James, Leslie
Phillips, Kenneth Williams, Liz Fraser and Eric Barker. The film
follows the hi-jinks of a group of music students who move into a
shared flat in order to cut costs and have somewhere to practice
their instruments. Things get tricky when Mervyn Hughes (Phillips)
accidentally sells one of his compositions to an advertising agency
and risks losing his scholarship. Can he and his friends find a way
to raise the money to buy back the song rights?
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Carry On Constable (DVD)
Eric Barker, Kenneth Connor, Charles Hawtrey, Leslie Phillips, Jill Adams, …
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Fourth entry in the 'Carry On' series. Police Sergeant Wilkins (Sid
James, in his 'Carry On' debut) has a new batch of inept recruits
on his hands, whose idea of covert surveillance involves dressing
up in drag. Bumbling PCs include Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey,
Kenneth Connor and Leslie Phillips.
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