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Square Peg, The / Follow A Star [DVD] [1958]

DVD ~ Norman Wisdom
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  • Actors: Norman Wisdom, June Laverick, Jerry Desmonde, Hattie Jacques, Richard Wattis
  • Directors: Robert Asher
  • Writers: Norman Wisdom, 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: ITV DVD
  • DVD Release Date: 12 May 2003
  • Run Time: 184 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • ASIN: B00008YNFK
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 11,940 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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In The Square Peg Norman Wisdom plays one of a pair of council workmen who, while repairing the road outside an army base, come to illustrate the oxymoronic nature of the phrase "military intelligence". Finding themselves drafted, the workmen are sent to repair the roads ahead of the Allied advance through war-torn Europe by the sergeant they previously embarrassed. Norman finds himself behind the German lines, joins up with French Resistance, gets captured then sets out to rescue British prisoners from a German military HQ by impersonating General Schreiber. Of course Wisdom plays Schreiber too. The Square Peg is the film that introduced Norman Wisdom's famous catch-phrase, "Mr. Grimsdale!". Also here Hattie Jacques gets to sing a remarkable duet with Wisdom, and a pre-Goldfinger Honor Blackman provides the love interest.

Following his rising star was just what Norman Wisdom's audience had been doing all through the 1950s and, by 1959, and after six films with director John Paddy Carstairs, it was time for a change. Hence Robert Asher made his directorial debut with Follow a Star. The plot is a comedy version of A Star is Born (1954), with Norman yet again playing a dreaming shop worker, this time aspiring to singing stardom. Vernon Carew (played by Wisdom regular Jerry Desmonde) is the fading singer who schemes to use Wisdom's talent to sustain his own rapidly failing career, while the girl is overlooked starlette June Laverick. Norman is surrounded by a particularly strong supporting cast, with Hattie Jacques returning from The Square Peg (1958), Richard Wattis, John Le Mesurier, Fenella Fielding, Ron Moody and, uncredited, future Bond villain Charles Grey. --Gary S Dalkin



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5.0 out of 5 stars The Square Peg/Follow A Star, 13 May 2009
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Another excellent duo of Norman Wisdom films from the 1950's. Each as enjoyable as the other as Norman finds himself in the army during WW2 in The Square Peg, and becomes a singing sensation in Follow A Star. If you are a fan of Norman Wisdom, then these films are a treat.
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