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The Early Bird (1965)

30/11/1965 Comedy1h 38m
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His Latest and Funniest and First Time in Colour

Overview

Norman Pitkin is the assistant helping to run a small, old fashioned dairy which is threatened by a larger, modern organisation. Pitkin does his best to save the dairy (and his horse) and the usual chaos ensues

    Top Billed Cast

    1. Norman Wisdom

      Norman Wisdom

      Norman Pitkin

    2. Edward Chapman

      Edward Chapman

      Mr. Thomas Grimsdale

    3. Jerry Desmonde

      Jerry Desmonde

      Mr. Walter Hunter

    4. Paddie O'Neill

      Mrs. Gladwys Hoskins

    5. John Le Mesurier

      John Le Mesurier

      Colonel Foster

    6. Frank Thornton

      Frank Thornton

      Drunken Doctor

    7. Penny Morrell

      Penny Morrell

      Miss Curry

    8. Dandy Nichols

      Dandy Nichols

      Woman Flooded by Milk

    9. Tony Selby

      Tony Selby

      Godfrey

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    6.0
    Written by CinemaSerf on Nov 14, 2022

    This is a fun vehicle for Norman Wisdom that starts out quite amiably. He works for his boss "Grimsdale" (Edward Chapman) delivering the milk from his horse-drawn float early each morning. One day, though, he discovers all their empties broken and a new supplier "Consolidated Dairies" taking over his patch. Thwarted at every turn by their supercilious general manager "Hunter" (Jerry Desmonde) and his peak-capped henchman "Austin" (Bryan Pringle) it falls to poor old "Pitkin" to save the day, the business and his job! The beginning works well with a sort of gunfight at OK corral scenario betwee...

    StatusReleased

    Original LanguageEnglish

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