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    Stitch In Time, A (1963)

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    Norman Pitkin (Norman Wisdom) and Mr Grimsdale (Edward Chapman) are partners in a butcher’s shop, which is held up by an armed robber (Johnny Briggs). Mr Grimsdale hides his gold watch in his mouth but swallows it and is taken to the hospital.

    While waiting at the hospital, Norman cheers up Lindy Walker (Lucy Appleby), a sad orphan girl who has lost both her parents in a plane crash. He promises to see her again, but complications ensue when he falls foul of the hospital’s director, Sir Hector ( Jerry Desmonde) and is kicked off the premises.

    He tries to get back in to see Lindy and declare his love for a pretty nurse, with hilarious consequences.

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    This was Norman Wisdom’s final film in black and white and also his last big starring success at the box office, for he belonged to a more innocent age.

    The script sticks closely to the winning Wisdom formula as he knots his cap in confused shyness.

    Stalwart stooges Edward Chapman and Jerry Desmonde prove once more that straight men can often be much funnier than the comics. Glyn Houston plays a St John Ambulance man who barely speaks a word, but does get a twitch in, Inspector Dreyfuss style, whenever Pitkin appears.

    Norman Pitkin
    Norman Wisdom
    Mr Grimsdale
    Edward Chapman
    Janet Haskell
    Jeannette Sterke
    Sir Hector Hardcastle
    Jerry Desmonde
    Lady Brinkley
    Jill Melford
    Corporal Welsh
    Glyn Houston
    Matron
    Hazel Hughes
    Amy
    Patsy Rowlands
    Captain Russell
    Peter Jones
    Professor Cranshaw
    Ernest Clark
    Lindy Walker
    Lucy Appleby
    Betty
    Vera Day
    Nuttall, St. John Ambulance
    Frank Williams
    Nurse Rudkin
    Penny Morrell
    Dr. Meadows
    Patrick Cargill
    Benson
    Francis Matthews
    Dale
    John Blythe
    Ticehurst
    Danny Green
    Robber
    Johnny Briggs

    Director
    Robert Asher

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