On the Beat
Comedy
Crime
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
1962-12-11
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Cast
Director
Robert Asher
Norman Wisdom as Norman Pitkin / Giulio Napolitani
Jennifer Jayne as Rosanna Guardia
Raymond Huntley as Sir Ronald Ackroyd
David Lodge as Inspector Cecil Hobson
Esma Cannon as Mrs. Timms
Eric Barker as Police Doctor
Eleanor Summerfield as Sergeant Lucilla Wilkins
Ronnie Stevens as Oberon
Terence Alexander as Chief Superintendent Bert Belcher
Maurice Kaufmann as Vince
George Pastell as Manzini
Jack Watson as Police Sergeant
Campbell Singer as Bollington
Lionel Murton as Man on Underground Train
Robert Rietti as Italian Lawyer
Jean Aubrey as Lady Hinchingford
Monte Landis as Mr. Bassett
Mario Fabrizi as Newspaper Seller
Alfred Burke as Trigger O'Flynn
John Blythe as Chauffeur (uncredited)
Cyril Chamberlain as Café Proprietor (uncredited)
Eve Eden as Woman at Hairdressers (uncredited)
Fred Griffiths as Cabbie (uncredited)
Tutte Lemkow as Billposter (uncredited)
Larry Martyn as Yob in Café (uncredited)
Pat Ryan as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Anita Sharp-Bolster as Woman at Hairdressers (uncredited)
Valerie Van Ost as Woman at Hairdressers (uncredited)
Wanda Ventham as Outraged Hairdressers Customer (uncredited)
Alister Williamson as Detective (uncredited)