Trouble in Store
1953 | 85m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | John Paddy Carstairs |
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| Writer: | John Paddy Carstairs, Maurice Cowan, Ted Willis |
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| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 14, 1953 |
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| Director: | John Paddy Carstairs |
| Writer: | John Paddy Carstairs, Maurice Cowan, Ted Willis |
| Genres: | Comedy |
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Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 29, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Norman Wisdom | Norman |
| Moira Lister | Peggy Drew |
| Megs Jenkins | Miss Gibson |
| Jerry Desmonde | August Freeman |
| Margaret Rutherford | Miss Bacon |
| Lana Morris | Sally Wilson |
| Eddie Leslie | Bill |
| Cyril Chamberlain | Alf |
| Ronan O'Casey | Eddie |
| Derek Bond | Gerald |
| Joan Sims | Edna |
| John Warwick | Robson |
| John Warren | Master of ceremonies |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| John Paddy Carstairs | Screenplay, Director |
| Maurice Cowan | Screenplay |
| Ted Willis | Screenplay |
| Jack Bygrave | Assistant Editor |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
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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 t ... o 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.