On the Beat
As the COPPER who comes a CROPPER!
Comedy Crime
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
David Lodge
Inspector Cecil Hobson
George Pastell
Manzini
Raymond Huntley
Sir Ronald Ackroyd
Lionel Murton
Man on Underground Train
Eve Eden
Woman at Hairdressers (uncredited)
Larry Martyn
Yob in Café (uncredited)
Alister Williamson
Detective (uncredited)
Anita Sharp-Bolster
Woman at Hairdressers (uncredited)
Mario Fabrizi
Newspaper Seller
Campbell Singer
Bollington
Fred Griffiths
Cabbie (uncredited)
Wanda Ventham
Outraged Hairdressers Customer (uncredited)
Ronnie Stevens
Oberon
John Blythe
Chauffeur (uncredited)
Jean Aubrey
Lady Hinchingford
Valerie Van Ost
Woman at Hairdressers (uncredited)
Esma Cannon
Mrs. Timms
Maurice Kaufmann
Vince
Jack Watson
Police Sergeant
Cyril Chamberlain
Café Proprietor (uncredited)
Eleanor Summerfield
Sergeant Lucilla Wilkins
Tutte Lemkow
Billposter (uncredited)
Terence Alexander
Chief Superintendent Bert Belcher
Norman Wisdom
Norman Pitkin / Giulio Napolitani
Monte Landis
Mr. Bassett
Alfred Burke
Trigger O'Flynn
Pat Ryan
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Jennifer Jayne
Rosanna Guardia
Robert Rietti
Italian Lawyer
Eric Barker
Police Doctor