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Trouble in Store

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6.0/10 • 21

1953-12-141h 25m

Comedy

Norman is working in the stock room of a large London department store, but he has ambition (doesn't he always !!), he wants to be a window dresser making up the public displays. Whilst trying to fulfill his ambition, he falls in love (doesn't he always !!), with one of the shopgirls. Together they discover a plot to rob the store and, somehow, manage to foil the robbers.

Directors
John Paddy Carstairs

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Norman Wisdom

    Norman Wisdom

    Norman

  2. Moira Lister

    Moira Lister

    Peggy Drew

  3. Megs Jenkins

    Megs Jenkins

    Miss Gibson

  4. Jerry Desmonde

    Jerry Desmonde

    August Freeman

  5. Margaret Rutherford

    Margaret Rutherford

    Miss Bacon

  6. Lana Morris

    Lana Morris

    Sally Wilson

  7. Eddie Leslie

    Eddie Leslie

    Bill

  8. Cyril Chamberlain

    Cyril Chamberlain

    Alf

  9. Ronan O'Casey

    Ronan O'Casey

    Eddie

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CinemaSerf

Apr 4, 2022

6/10

Margaret Rutherford and Norman Wisdom share top billing here but the former - "Miss Bacon", a rather classy shoplifter, features infrequently. This is really just a showcase for Wisdom. He works in a department store that gets a new boss in "Augustus Freeman" (Jerry Desmonde) with whom he gets off to quite an entertaining, if ropey, start. Hired, then fired, then rehired - we now enjoy a series of set-piece comedy scenarios as poor old "Norman" lurches from fireplace to the fire. Purely by accident, he finds himself embroiled in a cunning plot to relieve the store of it's takings on sale day - but can he and his pal "Peggy" (Moira Lister) thwart the scheme? There are quite a few scenes towards the end that show just how manic department store sales could be, and of just how easily the shrewd could capitalise on the ensuing chaos ("Miss Bacon" certainly knows how). Fans of Wisdom will find this an enjoyable enough family comedy caper that presents humour that is maybe just a bit too predictable, but fun nonetheless.

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    Status
    Released
    Original Language
    English
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