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A Stitch In Time [DVD] [1963]

DVD ~ Norman Wisdom
4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Norman Wisdom, Edward Chapman, Jeanette Sterke, Jerry Desmonde, Jill Melford
  • Directors: Robert Asher
  • Writers: Norman Wisdom, Eddie Leslie, Henry Blyth, Jack Davies
  • Producers: Earl St. John, Hugh Stewart
  • Format: Black & White, PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: U
  • Studio: Cinema Club
  • DVD Release Date: 12 Nov 2001
  • Run Time: 90 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00005Q57L
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 48,589 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Norman Wisdom returns as his famous "Pitkin" character, but also for the first time since his appearance in 1958's The Square Peg, Edward Chapman is also back to provide Norman with the excuse to reprise his immortal catch-phrase "Mr Grimsdale". Following on from the previous year's On the Beat, this is actually Wisdom's third adventure as Norman Pitkin, and he certainly has a thing about uniforms. In the previous pictures he was in the army then the police, while here he succeeds in causing chaos in a St. John's Ambulance unit, as well as donning drag to play a blonde nurse complete with suspender belt and silk stockings. Each Norman Wisdom movie usually sees him as the accidental Lord of Misrule in one institution or another, and this time its the NHS: after being banned from his local hospital, Norman resorts to subterfuge to visit a little orphan girl. There's an autobiographical touch here, as Wisdom himself was raised in an orphanage and centred the plot of One Good Turn (1954) around such an establishment. It's all good fun and clearly shows where such later British comedy as Michael Crawford's BBC TV series Some Mothers Do 'Av 'Em (1973-78) found its inspiration. --Gary S. Dalkin

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Norman Wisdom doing what he does best!, 6 Jan 2002
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One of Norman Wisdom's funniest films! A very good quality DVD reproduction. The race with the motorised hospital trolleys is hysterical and well worth buying the DVD for on its own. I am so glad that all my favourite old black and white films are being released on DVD, and can highly recommend this one, even if you are not a big Norman fan!
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars stitch in time, 4 Jan 2002
I think this is a great DVD, if you want to laugh all the way then get this! I laughed so much that my jaws were aching The start was so funny, in the butchers shop!I watched it twice and still laughed as much
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3.0 out of 5 stars Joyful Mediocrity, 4 April 2007
This review is from: A Stitch In Time [VHS] [1963] (VHS Tape)
Like most Norman Wisdom films, this one really makes you wonder how the "star" became a star. Upstaged & outranked by much of the supporting crew, Norman mugs, shouts, mugs, screams, mugs, waddles & weeps his way through yet another egotistical exercise in belittling the larger than life in favour of the smaller than life.

If the legendary British "everyman" of 1963 was really in need of such dire buttressing & pampering via cheap commercial entertainment, then Jerry Lewis & Dean Martin can be more than forgiven.

Having said that, it's an enjoyable film, in its own wretched way :)
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