On the Beat
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United Kingdom · 1962
1h 46m
Director Robert Asher
Starring Norman Wisdom, Jennifer Jayne, Raymond Huntley, Esma Cannon
Genre Comedy
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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
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