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Plot

Diminutive pratfall comic Norman Wisdom, Britain's latter-day version of Charlie Chaplin, brought his trademark physical slapstick to this comedy. Wisdom plays Norman Pitkin, a simple butcher's assistant who accompanies his boss, Mr. Grimsdale (Edward Chapman) to the hospital after Grimsdale accidentally swallows a watch. There, it is determined that the watch will have to be removed surgically, but the clumsy Norman causes such a ruckus that he is ejected from the facility and banned from returning by the administrator, Sir Hector (Jerry Desmonde). Before he leaves, however, Norman manages to bring a smile to the face of Lindy (Lucy Appleby), a sad little girl who has been orphaned by a plane crash. Norman promised Lindy he would return, and his efforts to get back through the hospital doors by any means available (including making himself sick, getting hit by a car, and appearing on a charity television broadcast he knows the girl is watching) meet with an equal lack of success.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Comedy
Run Time:
94min.
DVD Release Date:
11/11/2008
Distributor(s):
Rank Organisation
Director(s):
Robert Asher
Starring:
Norman Wisdom , Edward Chapman , Jeannette Sterke , Jerry Desmonde , Jill Melford
Themes:
Nothing Goes Right
Tone:
Madcap,Silly,Sweet
Keywords:
boss [employer],butcher,hospital,orphan
Language:
English