Man of The Moment (1955)

Through a series of accidents, a Foreign Office filing clerk (Norman Wisdom) in Whitehall goes to Geneva with the British delegation.

He becomes the most important and courted of the British officials after he stalls the entire United Nations with his support for the island of Tarawaki, and only just escapes with his life.

Norman Wisdom is almost at the peak of his powers in this typically silly comedy, in which, as ever, slapstick and sentiment jostle for centre stage.

Although we usually think of Wisdom as a bashful bungler, he also did a nice line in cockiness, and it’s surprisingly amusing to watch Whitehall and Geneva dance to his tune.

Jerry Desmonde again provides supreme support as the stooge, while Charles Hawtrey pops up in a minor role.

Norman
Norman Wisdom
Penny
Lana Morris
Sonia
Belinda Lee
Jackson
Jerry Desmonde
Lom
Karel Stepanek
Toki
Inia Te Wiata
Sir Horace
Evelyn Roberts
Mitchell
Hugh Morton
Queen of Tarawaki
Violet Farebrother
Tailor
Martin Miller
Enrico
Harold Kasket
Lesnevitch
Derek Sydney
Gritter
Peter Taylor
Rietz
Joseph Behrmann
Miguel
Ivan Craig

Director
John Paddy Carstairs

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