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  • On The Beat
  • On The Beat review by SILVERHARP from Edinburgh, Scotland.
    Rated - 4 stars 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 ...  

Robert Asher - filmography


  • The Intelligence Men on DVD (1965)
    Starring: Eric Morecambe,  Ernie Wise,  Richard Vernon
    Director: Robert Asher
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    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 »
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  • Make Mine Mink on DVD (1960)
    Starring: Terry-Thomas,  Alastair Sim,  hattie Jacques
    Director: Robert Hamer,  Robert Asher,  John Boulting
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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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 »
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  • The Naked Truth on DVD (1957)
    Starring: Terry-Thomas,  Alastair Sim,  Peter Sellers
    Director: Mario Zampi,  Robert Hamer,  John Boulting
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    The greedy editor of a trashy scandal magazine is confronted by several of the individuals whose lives are erroneously and luridly described in the tabloid. Their attempts to stop the publication of articles concerning themselves lead to a series of amusing events.
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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 Saint - Series 4, Episode 8 - Scales... to Watch Now (1968)
    Starring: Roger Moore,  Kate O'Mara,  Ian Ogilvy
    Director: Robert Asher
    Certificate: Certificate: PG (TBC)
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    Run time: 52 minutes
    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 - Series 3, Episode 19 - To Ki... to Watch Now (1967)
    Starring: Roger Moore,  Kate O'Mara,  Ian Ogilvy
    Director: Robert Asher
    Certificate: Certificate: PG (TBC)
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    Run time: 52 minutes
    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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  • Make Mine Mink to Watch Now (1960)
    Starring: Athene Seyler,  hattie Jacques,  Elspeth Duxbury
    Director: Robert Asher
    Certificate: Certificate: U (TBC)
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    Run time: 80 minutes
    A group of people hatch a plan to steal fur coats, sell them and give the money to charity. As a group, however, they are not particularly experienced in such matters. Major Rayne is under the impression he is in charge of the proceedings, but his military precision is at times disastrous.
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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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Robert Asher facts

5 most recent films

Avengers, The - The Definitive Dossier 1967 - File 7 and 8 - 4.0 stars
Prisoner - Complete Series, The - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
The Early Bird - 3.5 stars
The Intelligence Men - 3.0 stars
School For Scoundrels - 4.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Avengers, The - 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
Brothers In Law - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Morecambe And Wise Movie Collection - 3.0 stars
Prisoner - Complete Series, The - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Make Mine Mink - 3.0 stars
The Intelligence Men - 3.0 stars
The Naked Truth - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Norman Wisdom - 15 times - show films
hattie Jacques - 11 times - show films
Jerry Desmonde - 10 times - show films
John Le Mesurier - 9 times - show films
Edward Chapman - 8 times - show films

Most frequent directors

John Paddy Carstairs - 7 times - show films
Robert Hamer - 7 times - show films
Mari - 7 times - show films
John Boulting - 7 times - show films
Mario Zampi - 2 times - show films