On the Beat

“As the COPPER who comes a CROPPER!”

7.7(30)19621h 46m

ComedyCrime

Norman Pitkin wants to be a policeman like his father was, but he fails the height test (amongst others). One day he gets out his father's old uniform and "walks the beat". This leads to a level of chaos that only Pitkin could cause

Director

Robert Asher

Cast

Norman Wisdom

Norman Pitkin / Giulio Napolitani

Jennifer Jayne

Rosanna Guardia

Raymond Huntley

Sir Ronald Ackroyd

David Lodge

Inspector Cecil Hobson

Esma Cannon

Mrs. Timms

Eric Barker

Police Doctor

Eleanor Summerfield

Sergeant Lucilla Wilkins

Ronnie Stevens

Oberon

Terence Alexander

Chief Superintendent Bert Belcher

Maurice Kaufmann

Vince

Dilys Laye

American Lady

George Pastell

Manzini

Reviews

1 review

Geronimo1967

3y ago

6.0

Sometimes I forget just how charismatic and talented Norman Wisdom was. I was never a fan of slapstick humour, but somehow he always manages to inject the tiniest elements of class - even sophistication - into his performances. Here, he delivers one of his better and harder-working efforts as "Pitkin"; son of a decorated police officer who, it had been deemed, is too short to serve in the constabu...