On the Beat

“As the COPPER who comes a CROPPER!”

7.7

1962

1h 46m

ComedyCrime

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

Key Crew

Director

Robert Asher

Writers

Jack Davis

Eddie Leslie

Norman Wisdom

Cast (70)

Norman Wisdom

Norman Pitkin / Giulio Napolitani

Jennifer Jayne

Rosanna Guardia

Raymond Huntley

Sir Ronald Ackroyd

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