Trouble in Store (1953)
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18% want to see it
(585 ratings)
Ebullient British music-hall comedian Norman Wisdom made his movie debut in Trouble in Store. The scene is a large department store, where the bumbling Norman (Wisdom) has somehow landed a clerical job. The rest of the film is a series of slapstick catastrophes, some hilarious, others less so. Along… More Ebullient British music-hall comedian Norman Wisdom made his movie debut in Trouble in Store. The scene is a large department store, where the bumbling Norman (Wisdom) has somehow landed a clerical job. The rest of the film is a series of slapstick catastrophes, some hilarious, others less so. Along the way, Norman saves the store from falling into the clutches of gangsters -- and wins the heroine besides. Wisdom's perennial straight-man Jerry Desmonde has a meaty role, as do British film-faves Margaret Rutherford and Moira Lister. Evidently this film meant a great deal to Norman Wisdom, for in 1992 he titled his autobiography Trouble in Store. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- John Paddy Carstairs
- Written By
- John Paddy Carstairs, Maurice Cowan
- Genres
- Classics, Comedy
Unrated,
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
British slapstick comedy that marks the film debut of music-hall comedian Norman Wisdom.
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Cast
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Norman Wisdom
as Norman
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Margaret Rutherford
as Miss Bacon
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Moira Lister
as Peggy
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Derek Bond
as Gerald
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Lana Morris
as Sally
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Jerry Desmonde
as Freeman
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Megs Jenkins
as Miss Gibson
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Joan Sims
as Edna
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Michael Brennan
as Davis
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Joan Ingram
as Miss Denby
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Eddie Leslie
as Bill
- Esma Cannon
- Cyril Chamberlain
- Stringer Davis
- Roddy Hughes
- Ronan O'Casey
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Michael Ward
as Wilbur
- John Warren
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John Warwick
as Robson
- Ian Wilson
