A box set of 12 Norman Wisdom classics. In 'On the Beat' Wisdom
stars as a bumbling Scotland Yard car park attendant who gets his
chance to be a real man after he accidentally catches some
crooks. His advantage lies in the fact that he physically
resembles one of the ringleaders. In 'Man of the Moment' the
bumbling Norman (Wisdom) accidentally becomes the British
delegate to an important international conference in Geneva.
Hilarious chaos and amusing misunderstandings ensue. In 'Trouble
in Store' Wisdom is taken on as a shop assistant in a department
store. His ambition is to become a window dresser, and he falls
in love at first with his dream-girl, Sally. After a
disastrous start (chasing a bus on roller skates, entering a shop
girl's hostel, the usual sort of thing), events conspire to make
Norman an unlikely hero. In 'Up in the World' Wisdom stars as the
bumbling window cleaner to Lady Banderville. He has to cope with
the pranks of her son, Sir Reggie, but cleans up when he
confounds a gang of kippers. In 'The Square Peg' Norman Pitkin
(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 advantage and comes home a hero. In
'Follow a Star' 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. In 'The Bulldog Breed'
Norman Puckle (Wisdom) is a grocer who joins the Navy and finds
himself chosen to man a rocket flight into outer space. After
Norman brings his own brand of madcap mayhem to the training
process, his superiors begin to suspect that they might have
picked the wrong person for the mission. Also starring Ian Hunter
and Edward Chapman. Whilst in 'One Good Turn' Norman (Wisdom)
works at the orphanage, and promises that he will buy one of its
charges a model car. But how can he get the money? Proving
himself equally incompetent at all jobs, he manages to raise a
few laughs along the way in his attempts to earn the cash and not
disappoint the little sprite. In 'A Stitch in Time' Star Wisdom
plays an apprentice butcher trying to help a child. His
bumbling efforts end up with him being banned from visiting
little orphan Lindy, but Norman will go to any lengths to keep in
touch with his young charge. Whilst in 'Just My Tuck', determined
to win the heart of his beautiful neighbour, Norman (Wisdom)
decides he wants to buy her a diamond necklace - but how can he
possibly afford it? A solution offers itself when he goes to a
bookmaker's, learns the intricacies of the accumulator bet, and
sets out on a major winning streak. However, whenever Norman is
involved things are never quite that simple, and soon enough our
hess hero finds himself in deep trouble, creating havoc at the
local racetrack. In 'The Early Bird' Wisdom plays a milkman
caught up in a feud between the small, traditional company that
employs him and a large, modern dairy planning a hostile
takeover. Will Norman, in his typically inept fashion, manage to
save his company from the onset of modernity? Finally in 'Press
For Time' Norman Shields (Wisdom) is an accident-prone young
reporter, who only got the job because his grandher (also
played by Wisdom) happens to be the Prime Minister. Hilarious
chaos ensues when Norman is sent to cover a beauty contest.
Wisdom also appears in drag as a Suffragette called Emily.