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.
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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