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