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