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  • Up In The World
  • Up In The World review by A customer from Essex
    Rated - 5 stars Up In The World 28 July 2005
    ...Classic Norman Wisdom - after getting a job as a window cleaner Norman finds himself in the middle of a kidnap plot. Non stop laughs the whole way. ...  
  • Stitch In Time,  A
  • Stitch In Time, A review by A customer from Hertford, UK
    Rated - 5 stars Old ones are the best 30 May 2006
    ...I once read a biography of Norman Wisdom in which the writer said how sad, juvenile etc etc Wisdom's comedy was. Well, the reveiwer has long since faded away and no one can ...  
  • Just My Luck
  • Just My Luck review by from Staffordshire, England
    Rated - 5 stars Funny, classic comedy 3 August 2004
    ...g older, because I didn't laugh again so much in so many years since we watched Norman Wisdom's films on our black and white tv....  

Norman Wisdom - filmography


  • Norman Wisdom - Trouble On Tour on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Norman Wisdom
    Director: Robert Garofalo
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Norman's not getting much help from his band or straight-laced man Tony Fayne. In fact, it's nothing but Trouble On Tour for Norman. The inspiration for generations of British comics and one of this country's best-loved performers, Norman shows he is not just original - he is still the funniest.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 21 members
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  • What's Good For The Goose on DVD (1969)
    Starring: Norman Wisdom,  Sally Geeson
    Director: Menahem Golan
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    This cheeky British comedy is a classic bawdy romp from the 1960s! Norman Wisdom stars as a bored bank clerk who picks up two female hitchhikers on the way to a conference. His life is turned upside down by the over-sexed duo, resulting in innuendo, sex, and a whole lot of laughs!
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 55% from 170 members
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  • Up In The World on DVD
    Starring: Norman Wisdom,  Margaret Rutherford,  Moira Lister
    Director: John Paddy Carstairs
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Norman's up and away on the ladder of success when he takes on a new job as a window cleaner to wealthy Lady Banderville. The only problem is that the pranks of Sir Reggie, her son are always landing him in ho water. Undeterred by this, Norman makes a determined effort to polish up his act. When it ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 447 members
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  • Press For Time on DVD
    Starring: Norman Wisdom,  Edward Chapman,  Jerry Desmonde
    Director: Robert Asher
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Making a catastrophe out of every assignment is a speciality for are reporter Norman Shields. Whatever the story Norman is sent to cover, he ends up making hilarious news rather than reporting it: even a beauty contest, Norman manages to find himself on centre stage rather than in a press gallery. ..read more »
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  • Follow A Star on DVD
    Starring: Norman Wisdom,  June Laverick,  Jerry Desmonde
    Director: Robert Asher
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    Norman 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.
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  • The Sandwich Man to Watch Now (1966)
    Starring: Michael Bentine,  Dora Bryan,  Harry H. Corbett
    Director: Robert Hartford-Davis
    Certificate: Certificate: U (TBC)
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    Run time: 92 minutes
    Modern advertising can take many forms, but for both mobility and sheer economy nothing can match the Sandwich Man. These walking billboards with human fillings are amongst the sights of most big cities and afford a unique angle from which to observe life. Horace Quilby is a Sandwich Man who works ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 75% from 2 members
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  • Follow a Star to Watch Now (1959)
    Starring: June Laverick,  Jerry Desmonde,  hattie Jacques
    Director: Robert Asher
    Certificate: Certificate: U (TBC)
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    Run time: 104 minutes
    Norman Truscott is a dry cleaner who dreams of being a singer. He can sing, but only has the confidence to do so if Judy, a wheelchair-bound friend, is present. He takes singing lessons, and one day goes to see the professional singer, Vernon Carew, perform. Carew’s career is flagging and ..read more »
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Norman Wisdom facts

5 most recent films

Five Children And It - 3.0 stars
Norman Wisdom - Trouble On Tour - 3.5 stars
Double X - The Name Of The Game - 2.5 stars
What's Good For The Goose - 3.0 stars
The Night They Raided Minsky's - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Early Bird - 3.5 stars
On The Beat - 3.5 stars
Stitch In Time, A - 3.5 stars
The Square Peg - 3.5 stars
Trouble In Store - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Norman Wisdom - Trouble On Tour - 3.5 stars
A Date With A Dream - 2.5 stars
Double X - The Name Of The Game - 2.5 stars
Golden Years Of British Comedy - 3.0 stars
What's Good For The Goose - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Jerry Desmonde - 14 times - show films
David Lodge - 8 times - show films
Edward Chapman - 8 times - show films
Lana Morris - 6 times - show films
Margaret Rutherford - 6 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Robert Asher - 15 times - show films
John Paddy Carstairs - 15 times - show films
none - 2 times - show films
Robert Hartford-Davis - 2 times - show films
Henry Kaplan - 1 times - show films