Movies: Norman Wisdom

  • 1966
    The Sandwich Man

    The Sandwich Man (1966)

    The Sandwich Man

    6.11966HD

    A man with a sandwich-board (advert) wanders around London meeting many strange characters....

    The Sandwich Man
  • 1968
    The Night They Raided Minsky's

    The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968)

    The Night They Raided Minsky's

    5.61968HD

    Rachel arrives in New York from her Amish community intent on becoming a dancer. Unfortunately Billy Minsky's Burlesque is hardly the place for her Dances From The Bible. But the show's comedian Raymond sees a way of wrong-footing the local do-gooder...

    The Night They Raided Minsky's
  • 1962
    On the Beat

    On the Beat (1962)

    On the Beat

    7.71962HD

    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...

    On the Beat
  • 1985
    The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio

    The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio (1985)

    The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio

    61985HD

    Documentary - After starting his career producing religious film shorts, J. Arthur Rank went on to become Britain's first and only movie mogul with his establishment of the legendary Pinewood Studios. Narrated by Michael Caine, THE GOLDEN GONG chroni...

    The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
  • 1958
    The Square Peg

    The Square Peg (1958)

    The Square Peg

    6.31958HD

    Norman Pitkin and Mr Grimsdale are council workmen mending the road outside an Army base when they come into conflict with the military. Shortly afterwards, they get drafted and fall into the clutches of the Sergeant they have just bested. They are s...

    The Square Peg
  • 1965
    The Early Bird

    The Early Bird (1965)

    The Early Bird

    7.61965HD

    Norman Pitkin is the assistant helping to run a small, old fashioned dairy which is threatened by a larger, modern organisation. Pitkin does his best to save the dairy (and his horse) and the usual chaos ensues...

    The Early Bird
  • 1963
    A Stitch in Time

    A Stitch in Time (1963)

    A Stitch in Time

    7.41963HD

    An accident in the butchers shop leads Norman Pitkin and Mr Grimsdale to the hospital where, after causing the normal ammount of chaos, Pitkin finds Lindy, a little girl who hasn't spoken or smiled since her parents were killed in an aeroplane accide...

    A Stitch in Time
  • 1953
    Trouble in Store

    Trouble in Store (1953)

    Trouble in Store

    61953HD

    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 alw...

    Trouble in Store
  • 1956
    Up in the World

    Up in the World (1956)

    Up in the World

    6.31956HD

    Norman is a window cleaner who has to clean a manor house with hundreds of windows. He is distracted by the son of the house who persuades him to go into town. When some villains try and kidnap the young heir Norman fights them off but the heir has b...

    Up in the World
  • 1969
    What's Good for the Goose

    What's Good for the Goose (1969)

    What's Good for the Goose

    61969HD

    Timothy Bartlett (Norman Wisdom) is a middle-aged banker who is sent to a seaside resort for a banker's convention. He fears the meetings will be frightfully dull, but things change when two amorous hippie girls take Timothy for a sail on the sea of ...

    What's Good for the Goose
  • 1959
    Follow a Star

    Follow a Star (1959)

    Follow a Star

    6.11959HD

    Norman Truscott is a store worker who dreams of stardom. Vernon Carew is a singer whose star is fading. Vernon manages to get a recording of Norman singing and passes it off as himself....

    Follow a Star
  • 1992
    Double X: The Name of the Game

    Double X: The Name of the Game (1992)

    Double X: The Name of the Game

    51992HD

    Expert safecracker Arthur Clutten masterminds heists for a criminal syndicate he belongs to. But after witnessing the brutal methods of persuasion being meted out by gang leader, Ignatius Smith Clutten decides to quit. But he realizes the gang would ...

    Double X: The Name of the Game
  • 1967
    Androcles and the Lion

    Androcles and the Lion (1967)

    Androcles and the Lion

    01967HD

    The story of Androcles, the simple-hearted Christian tailor whose friendship with a lion saves himself and his friends from martyrdom in the Roman Colosseum....

    Androcles and the Lion
  • 1957
    Just My Luck

    Just My Luck (1957)

    Just My Luck

    61957HD

    Norman works in a jewellers workshop and fantasises (in the nicest way) about meeting the window dresser across the road from his workshop. He wants to buy her a diamond pendant but calculates it will take him over 100 years to save up for it. He is ...

    Just My Luck
  • 1998
    Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?

    Where on Earth Is Katy Manning? (1998)

    Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?

    91998HD

    By her own admission, Katy Manning is ‘as blind as a bat’ and never knows where she’ll end up. When she suddenly arrived in the UK, Katy was probably as surprised as the rest of us! Determined to thank the legion of Doctor Who fans who had written a...

    Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
  • 1960
    There Was a Crooked Man

    There Was a Crooked Man (1960)

    There Was a Crooked Man

    6.11960HD

    When a law-abiding demolition expert is duped by a gang of criminals into helping them he is caught and jailed. When he is released he goes straight and then notices a leading citizen in his town is cheating his neighbours....

    There Was a Crooked Man
  • 1955
    Man of the Moment

    Man of the Moment (1955)

    Man of the Moment

    6.41955HD

    Norman is a file clerk who accidentally becomes a British delegate to a diplomatic conference, befriends the queen of a remote island, and winds up a knight. Norman leaves rooms in shambles, tailors in shreds, and diplomats in bandages. Chased by gun...

    Man of the Moment
  • 1955
    One Good Turn

    One Good Turn (1955)

    One Good Turn

    6.11955HD

    Norman is the oldest orphan at Greenwood Children's Home and now acts as their caretaker. All the orphans are very happy and well cared for. The adventures start when a nasty property developer (boo hiss) who is also the chairman of the orphanage boa...

    One Good Turn
  • 1955
    As Long as They're Happy

    As Long as They're Happy (1955)

    As Long as They're Happy

    7.61955HD

    The suburban peace of the Bentley household is shattered when John Bentley is informed by his wife Stella that their two married daughters, Pat and Corrine are in trouble and need funds to come home and bring their husbands, Peter, a penniless Parisi...

    As Long as They're Happy
  • 1966
    Press for Time

    Press for Time (1966)

    Press for Time

    5.61966HD

    Norman is quite happy selling newspapers outside Westminster station but his Grandfather (the Prime Minister) wants to get him "a more responsible job". A few favours are called in and Norman becomes the newest reporter at the seaside town of Tinmout...

    Press for Time