On the Beat

As the COPPER who comes a CROPPER!

APPROPIATE

1962 / 106min.

Rating7.7

Genres

Comedy

Synopsis

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

Directors

Actors

Wanda Ventham

Terence Alexander

Ronnie Stevens

Norman Wisdom

Raymond Huntley

Eric Barker

David Lodge

Eleanor Summerfield

Maurice Kaufmann

Jennifer Jayne

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