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Norman Wisdom, You Can't Beat it

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5 Nov 24th, 2008 

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ON THE BEAT.
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~Introduction~
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The irrepressible Norman is back in arguably his funniest film.

~Synopsis~
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Norman is sick of being a parking attendant and dreams of following in his fathers footprints and become a police man. Unfortunately he fails the height test, not that that would be a problem today.
Dejected he starts going through his dad's old chest and guess what he finds? His fathers old police uniform, oh no.
He puts it on and goes for a stroll down the street, which as you can probably guess leads to huge mayhem, farcical whimsy and general madness.

Eventually after being caught impersonating a policeman some bright spark notices that he bears a striking resemblance to a nasty criminal that the police have been after for quite a while, Giulio Napolitani.
Now Norman must pose as this master criminal and gain information to break the gang and put them all behind bars.

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I enjoy Norman Wisdom films and thoroughly enjoyed this daft romp. The slapstick is on par with his other films but the gags are a bit thin on the ground. He was underestimated as a multi faceted actor and here he plays two characters very well.
The chase scene where hundreds of coppers are chasing him is superb.

No Mr Grimsdale on this outing.

~DVD Features~
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Language: English
Sub Titles: None
Region: Region: 2
Number of discs: 1
Classification: U
Run Time: 101 minutes
ASIN: B00005Q57R
Amazon price: £9.99

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CPTDANIELS 25.11.2008 08:28

A classic

redeyes22 25.11.2008 00:08

great review aggy

burtybookworm 24.11.2008 21:41

I really love Norman Wisdom films! This made me smile....kelly x

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