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On The Beat review by SILVERHARP from Edinburgh, Scotland.

A LASTING LAUGH 3 March 2009
...From SILVER HARP Edinburgh On the Beat (Robert Asher & John Paddy Carstairs UK Released on DVD May 2003) Starring Norman Wisdom In the days when London was ... Read customer review

Robert Asher - filmography

The Champions - E29 - The Gun Runners (1969)
Starring: Stuart Damon, Alexandra Bastedo, William Gaunt
Director: Robert Asher
Certificate:
The discovery of wartime Japanese armaments alerts the Nemesis agents to the activities of a gun-running cartel with a sideline in murder.

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The Champions - E23 - The Night People (1969)
Starring: Stuart Damon, Alexandra Bastedo, William Gaunt
Director: Robert Asher
Certificate:
Craig and Richard search for Sharron, who has disappeared while on holiday in Cornwall - and encounter spooky goings-on at an imposing manor.

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The Champions - E18 - The Mission (1969)
Starring: Stuart Damon, Alexandra Bastedo, William Gaunt
Director: Robert Asher
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Craig and Sharron attempt to entrap a gang of criminals by posing as a gangster and his moll.

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The Champions - E20 - The Silent Enemy (1969)
Starring: Stuart Damon, Alexandra Bastedo, William Gaunt
Director: Robert Asher
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The team reconstructs the last voyage of a nuclear submarine when its entire crew is found dead in mysterious circumstances.

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The Saint - S04 E08 - Scales of Justice (1968)
Starring: Roger Moore, Kate O'Mara, Ian Ogilvy
Director: Robert Asher
Certificate:
Five members of the board of a company called Combined Holdings have all been recently murdered. It would appear that each one received a card with the words 'The Scales of Justice' printed on it before their deaths and the assassin would seem to a man posing as blind with a blowpipe concealed in ..read more »

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The Saint - S03 E19 - To Kill a Saint (1967)
Starring: Roger Moore, Kate O'Mara, Ian Ogilvy
Director: Robert Asher
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In Paris somebody tricks shady night-club owner Paul Verrier into believing that the Saint is trying to kill him so he hires people to rub out the Saint. One of these is a young girl who fires blanks at the Saint, telling him that she wants to get close to Verrier as she believes he killed her ..read more »

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The Avengers - The Definitive Dossier 19... (2 discs) (1967)
Starring: Diana Rigg, Patrick Macnee, Linda Thorson
Director: Robert Day, Sidney Hayers, Robert Asher
Certificate:
This collection presents seven more episodes from the classic 1960s television series that follows secret agents John Steed (the ever-suave Patrick Macnee) and Emma Peel (the ever-lovely Diana Rigg) on various crime-fighting adventures. The set features Ms. Peel's final episode, introduces Tara ..read more »

79% from 267 members
Not currently released

The Prisoner - Complete Series - Blu-ray (1967)
Starring: Patrick McGoohan
Director: David Tomblin, Robert Asher, Don Chaffey
Certificate:
Though it ran for a mere 17 episodes, the sci-fi spy drama THE PRISONER is one of television's biggest cult hits. The brainchild of star Patrick McGoohan, the series followed the adventures of No. 6 (McGoohan), a former secret agent who is being held captive in a highly secured village, the ..read more »

78% from 31 members
Not available for rental

The Prisoner - E11 - It's Your Funeral (1967)
Starring: Patrick McGoohan, Leo McKern, Peter Wyngarde
Director: Robert Asher
Certificate:
Number Six hears of an assassination plot against Number Two. But Number Two is the one doing all the plotting.

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

71% from 1,016 member

The Intelligence Men on DVD (1965)
Starring: Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise, Richard Vernon
Director: Robert Asher
Certificate:
The Intelligence Men [1965]is the big screen debut from popular British comedy duo, Eric and Ernie. The bungling spies attempt to go undercover in an enemy operation, however, as always with this hapless twosome, nothing ever goes as planned. Ernie is a pen pusher for the Secret Services and his ..read more »

65% from 398 members

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 847 members

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

The Bulldog Breed on DVD (1960)
Starring: Norman Wisdom, Ian Hunter, David Lodge
Director: Robert Asher, John Paddy Carstairs
Certificate:
When he is crossed in love, grocers assistant Norman Puckle joins the Navy, where he is recruited to man the first British rocket.

68% from 761 members

Make Mine Mink on DVD (1960)
Starring: Terry-Thomas, Alastair Sim, hattie Jacques
Director: Robert Hamer, Robert Asher, John Boulting
Certificate:
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When Dame Beatrice (Athene Syler) retires from charitable work, she finds her life rather empty. Suddenly an irresistible request to help unfortunate orphans comes along, and inspired by her maid's chequered past, takes on one final charitable challenge. An incident with a neighbours mink coat ..read more »

66% from 585 members

School for Scoundrels on DVD (1960)
Starring: Terry-Thomas, Irene Handl, John Le Mesurier
Director: John Boulting, Robert Asher, Mari
Certificate:
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The school for scoundrels is a college that teaches oneupmanship. Palfrey is the hapless new student who's unlucky in everything. Raymond Delauney is the already one-up cad who Palfrey must beat for affections of April.

76% from 1,421 member

The Square Peg on DVD (1959)
Starring: Norman Wisdom, Honor Blackman, Edward Chapman
Director: John Paddy Carstairs, Robert Asher
Certificate:
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 729 members

Terry-Thomas Collection (6 discs) on DVD (1959)
Starring: Terry-Thomas, Alastair Sim, Dennis Price
Director: Robert Hamer, John Boulting, Robert Asher
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Terry-Thomas, one of Britain's finest cinematic cads, gets his very own box set. Good show!

73% from 674 members

Too Many Crooks on DVD (1958)
Starring: Terry-Thomas, George Cole, Alastair Sim
Director: Mario Zampi, Robert Hamer, John Boulting
Certificate:
Classic British farce about a gang of crooks who set out to kidnap a wealthy man's daughter, but get his unwanted wife instead. When the millionaire refuses to pay the ransom, she joins the crooks and plots revenge.

71% from 766 members

Private's Progress on DVD (1956)
Starring: Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Alastair Sim
Director: John Boulting, Robert Hamer, Robert Asher
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Director John Boulting made this war comedy in reaction to the staid military dramas that had been coming out of England since the end of WWII, and its desire to explode the conventions of the war film are evident in the film's infectious giddiness. Ian Carmichael stars as Stanley Windrush, a young ..read more »

66% from 633 members

Man Of The Moment on DVD (1955)
Starring: Norman Wisdom, Jennifer Jayne, Raymond Huntley
Director: Robert Asher, John Paddy Carstairs
Certificate:
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 551 members

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

The Morecambe And Wise Movie Collection (3 discs) on DVD
Starring: Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise, William Franklyn
Director: Robert Asher, Cliff Owen
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The enormously popular and hilarious British comedy duo Eric Morcambe and Ernie Wise star in this fantastic collection of funny films - comedy at its best! The Intelligence Men: The enormously popular and hilarious British comedy duo Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise star in this tale of mystery and ..read more »

59% from 20 members

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

Robert Asher facts

5 most recent films

The Champions - E29 - The Gun Runners - 3 stars
The Champions - E23 - The Night People - 3 stars
The Champions - E18 - The Mission - 3 stars
The Champions - E20 - The Silent Enemy - 3 stars
The Saint - S04 E08 - Scales of Justice - 3 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Avengers - The Definitive Dossier 1967 - File 7 and 8 - 4.0 stars
School for Scoundrels - 4.0 stars
Terry-Thomas Collection - 3.5 stars
The Early Bird - 3.5 stars
On The Beat - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Morecambe And Wise Movie Collection - 3.0 stars
The Prisoner - Complete Series - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Intelligence Men - 3.5 stars
Make Mine Mink - 3.5 stars
Private's Progress - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Norman Wisdom - 15 times - show films
hattie Jacques - 10 times - show films
Jerry Desmonde - 10 times - show films
John Le Mesurier - 9 times - show films
John Le Mesurier - 9 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Robert Hamer - 9 times - show films
John Boulting - 8 times - show films
Mari - 8 times - show films
John Paddy Carstairs - 7 times - show films
Robert Day - 3 times - show films