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Norman Wisdom Collection

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£ 18.38

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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.

Book Details
Barcode:
5037115294838
Type:
DVD / Box Set
Genre:
Weight(g):
444g
Starring:
Edward Chapman
Brian Worth
Campbell Singer
Terence Alexander
Fenella Fielding
Sidney Tafler
Charles Heslop
John Warwick
Arnold Bell
André Maranne
Norman Wisdom
Jerry Desmonde
Margaret Rutherford
Jill Dixon
Delphi Lawrence
Leslie Phillips
Jeanette Sterke
Jill Melford
Joan Sims
Peter Copley
Vic Wise
Marjorie Rhodes
Glyn Houston
Hazel Hughes
Patsy Rowlands
Peter Jones
Ernest Clark
Jennifer Jayne
David Lodge
Esma Cannon
Eric Baker
Maurice Kaufman
Dilys Laye
Ronnie Stevens
Eleonor Summerfield
Lana Morris
Belinda Lee
Raymond Huntley
George Pastell
Karel Stepanek
Garry Marsh
Inia Te Waita
Eve Roberts
Violet Farebrother
Martin Miller
Moira Lister
Megs Jenkins
Derek Bond
Mick Brennan
Cyril Chamberlain
Eddie Leslie
Perlita Nielson
Ronan O'Casey
Michael Ward
Maureen Swanson
Colin Gordon
Lionel Jeffries
Martin Caridia
Ambrosine Philpotts
Edwin Styles
Ian Hunter
Robert Urquhart
Johnny Briggs
Eddie Byrne
Liz Fraser
Claire Gordon
John Le Mesurier
Penny Morell
Brian Oulton
Joan Rice
Shirley Abicair
Thora Hird
William Russell
Richard Caldicot
Joan Ingram
Marjorie Fender
Keith Gilman
David Hurst
Paddie O'Neil
Bryan Pringle
Angela Browne
Tracey Crisp
Allan Cuthbertson
Imogen Hassall
Harry Locke
Dandy Nichols
Frank Thornton
Richard Vernon
Michael Balfour
Noel Dyson
Derek Francis
Stanley Unwin
Frances White
Tony Selby
Peter Jeffrey
June Laverick
Hattie Jacques
Richard Wattis
Ron Moody
Honor Blackman
Contributors:
Hugh Stewart
Jack Davies
Henry Blyth
Norman Wisdom
Philip Green
Alfred Shaughnessy
Vernon Sylvaine
John Paddy Carstairs
Maurice Cowan
Ted Willis
Mischa Spoliansky
Peter Blackmore
John Addison
Robert Hartford-Davis
Peter Newbrook
Eddie Leslie
Mike Vickers
Ron Goodwin
Studio:
ITV Studios
Catalogue No:
3711529483
Main Language:
English
Region:
Region 2
Originally Issued:
1966
No of disks:
12
Dimensions:
192 x 64 x 166 (mm)
BBFC Cert:
(PG) Parental Guidance.
Running Time:
1098 mins
Release Date:
1 Sep 2008
Rental Retail:
Retail/Rental