Jerry Desmonde

Filmography

Jerry Desmonde - filmography

Gonks Go Beat on DVD (1965)
Starring: Kenneth Connor, Jerry Desmonde, Reginald Beckwith
Director: Robert Hartford-Davis
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Planet Earth is in great turmoil. Beatland and Balladisle are staging a musical battle royal over whose pops are tops. Sent from a far-out galaxy to settle the war, an inept Martian resorts to supernatural romance to get the globe groovy again. A way-out fantasy musical with hot music from Lulu And ..read more »

46% from 68 members

The Early Bird on DVD (1965)
Starring: Norman Wisdom, Edward Chapman, Jerry Desmonde
Director: Robert Asher
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Norman causes chaos in a dispute between a large dairy company and his boss's one-horse operation

72% from 1,033 member

Stitch In Time, A on DVD (1963)
Starring: Norman Wisdom, Edward Chapman, Jerry Desmonde
Director: Robert Asher, John Paddy Carstairs
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An accident in the butcher's shop leads Norman and Mr Grimsdale to the hospital where, after causing the normal ammount of chaos, Norman finds Lindy, a little girl who hasn't spoken or smiled since her parents were killed in an aeroplane accident. Norman decides to help.

71% from 860 members

On The Beat on DVD (1962)
Starring: Norman Wisdom, Jennifer Jayne, Raymond Huntley
Director: Robert Asher, John Paddy Carstairs
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Norman 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.

71% from 886 members

The Square Peg on DVD (1959)
Starring: Norman Wisdom, Honor Blackman, Edward Chapman
Director: John Paddy Carstairs, Robert Asher
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Norman Pitkin (Norman 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 ..read more »

71% from 739 members

Up In The World on DVD (1956)
Starring: Norman Wisdom, Margaret Rutherford, Moira Lister
Director: John Paddy Carstairs
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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 »

69% from 574 members

Man Of The Moment on DVD (1955)
Starring: Norman Wisdom, Jennifer Jayne, Raymond Huntley
Director: Robert Asher, John Paddy Carstairs
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The bumbling Norman (Norman Wisdom) accidentally becomes the British delegate to an important international conference in Geneva. Hilarious chaos and amusing misunderstandings ensue.

68% from 555 members

Trouble In Store / Up In The World (2 discs) on DVD (1953)
Starring: Norman Wisdom, Margaret Rutherford, Moira Lister
Director: John Paddy Carstairs
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A cracking pair of comic capers:TROUBLE IN STORE (1953): This is the first film in Norman Wisdom's incredibly successful slapstick series. He works in the stock room of a department store but has an ambitious dream to dress the windows but there are endless obstacles in his way. His performance won ..read more »

89% from 10 members

Trouble In Store on DVD (1953)
Starring: Norman Wisdom, Margaret Rutherford, Moira Lister
Director: John Paddy Carstairs
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Norman Wisdom's immense popularity stems from his hilarious portrayal of the little guy who always seems to win out in the end. The cloth-capped bumbler is one of the great creations of British comedy. Norman has an aim in life - to become a window dresser in the magnificent department store where ..read more »

70% from 732 members

Follow A Star on DVD
Starring: Norman Wisdom, June Laverick, Jerry Desmonde
Director: Robert Asher
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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.

69% from 567 members

The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp on DVD
Starring: Felix Aylmer, Diane Cilento, Jerry Desmonde
Director: Alan Bromly
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An Angel finds that she needs money to fulfill her mission on Earth. Her only solution to this problem is to pawn Her harp.

60% from 64 members

Press For Time on DVD
Starring: Norman Wisdom, Edward Chapman, Jerry Desmonde
Director: Robert Asher
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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 »

67% from 593 members

Gonks Go Beat - 2.5 stars
The Early Bird - 3.5 stars
Stitch In Time, A - 3.5 stars
On The Beat - 3.5 stars
The Square Peg - 3.5 stars

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

Trouble In Store / Up In The World - 4.0 stars
Gonks Go Beat - 2.5 stars
The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp - 3.0 stars
Press For Time - 3.5 stars
Man Of The Moment - 3.5 stars

Norman Wisdom - 15 times - show films
Lana Morris - 7 times - show films
Maureen Swanson - 5 times - show films
Margaret Rutherford - 5 times - show films
Derek Bond - 5 times - show films

Robert Asher - 10 times - show films
John Paddy Carstairs - 10 times - show films
Robert Hartford-Davis - 1 times - show films
Alan Bromly - 1 times - show films