On the Beat
On the Beat
Release: 1962-12-11
·Runtime: 106m
·★ 7.7
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
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
The Rank Organisation
Cast
Jennifer Jayne
as Rosanna Guardia
Terence Alexander
as Chief Superintendent Bert Belcher
Tutte Lemkow
as Billposter (uncredited)
Alister Williamson
as Detective (uncredited)
Esma Cannon
as Mrs. Timms
Jean Aubrey
as Lady Hinchingford
Cyril Chamberlain
as Café Proprietor (uncredited)
Alfred Burke
as Trigger O'Flynn
Wanda Ventham
as Outraged Hairdressers Customer (uncredited)
Valerie Van Ost
as Woman at Hairdressers (uncredited)
Maurice Kaufmann
as Vince
Eleanor Summerfield
as Sergeant Lucilla Wilkins
Lionel Murton
as Man on Underground Train
Eric Barker
as Police Doctor
Campbell Singer
as Bollington
Norman Wisdom
as Norman Pitkin / Giulio Napolitani
Ronnie Stevens
as Oberon
Mario Fabrizi
as Newspaper Seller
Raymond Huntley
as Sir Ronald Ackroyd
George Pastell
as Manzini
Jack Watson
as Police Sergeant
Robert Rietti
as Italian Lawyer
Eve Eden
as Woman at Hairdressers (uncredited)
David Lodge
as Inspector Cecil Hobson
Monte Landis
as Mr. Bassett
Anita Sharp-Bolster
as Woman at Hairdressers (uncredited)
John Blythe
as Chauffeur (uncredited)
Fred Griffiths
as Cabbie (uncredited)
