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A Stitch in Time

Name: A Stitch in Time
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1963-12-01
Duration: 89 min
Rating: 7.4

★ 7,4 /10 (36 Votes)

1963 EN 89 min

Overview

An accident in the butchers shop leads Norman Pitkin and Mr Grimsdale to the hospital where, after causing the normal amount of chaos, Pitkin finds Lindy, a little girl who hasn't spoken or smiled since her parents were killed in an aeroplane accident. Pitkin decides to help.

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Release date

01/12/1963

Votes

Popularity

1.5

Genres

Comedy

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

89 min

Norman Wisdom

Norman Pitkin

Edward Chapman

Mr. Grimsdale

Jeanette Sterke

Nurse Janet Haskell

Jerry Desmonde

Sir Hector

Jill Melford

Lady Brinkley

Glyn Houston

Corporal Welsh

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Hazel Hughes

Matron

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Patsy Rowlands

Amy

Peter Jones

Captain Russell

Ernest Clark

Professor Crankshaw

Lucy Appleby

Lindy Walker

Vera Day

Betty

Frank Williams

Driver Nutall

Penny Morrell

Nurse Rudkin

Patrick Cargill

Dr. Meadows

Francis Matthews

Benson

John Blythe

Dale

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Pamela Conway

Patient

Danny Green

Ticehurst

Johnny Briggs

Armed Robber

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John Adams

Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)

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Chris Adcock

Parent (uncredited)

Michael Balfour

Workman with Mallet (uncredited)

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Alan Beaton

Parent (uncredited)

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Arnold Bell

Doctor (uncredited)

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Graham Bell

Medical Student (uncredited)

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Ernest Blyth

Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)

Wallace Bosco

Patient (uncredited)

Ronnie Brody

Small Band Member (uncredited)

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Jill Carson

Nurse with Bouquet (uncredited)

Cyril Chamberlain

Bit Part (uncredited)

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Pauline Chamberlain

Dancing Woman (uncredited)

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Vic Chapman

Patient (uncredited)

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Jimmy Charters

Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)

Pat Coombs

Nurse (uncredited)

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Austin Cooper

Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)

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George Curtis

Press Photographer (uncredited)

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Reggie de Beer

Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)

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Alistair Dick

Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)

Clifford Earl

TV Cameraman (uncredited)

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Peter Evans

Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)

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Lee Fenton

Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)

Michael Goodliffe

Doctor on Children's Ward (uncredited)

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Ursula Granville

Medical Student's Patient (uncredited)

Fred Griffiths

Lorry Driver (uncredited)

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Paul Grist

Medical Student (uncredited)

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Patrick Halpin

Onlooker (uncredited)

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George Hilsdon

Hospital Porter (uncredited)

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Gordon Humphries

Press Photographer (uncredited)

Joan Ingram

Woman Dropping Ice Cream (uncredited)

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Juba Kennerley

Patient (uncredited)

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Nigel Kingsley

Extra (uncredited)

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Andrew Laurence

Wallet Thrower (uncredited)

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Benny Lee

Chauffeur (uncredited)

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John Lee

Police Constable (uncredited)

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Eddie Leslie

Band Member Playing Piccolo (uncredited)

Michael Lewis

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Pat Lewis

Onlooker (uncredited)

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Arthur Lovegrove

Hotel Porter (uncredited)

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Fred Machon

Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)

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Coral Morphew

Nurse (uncredited)

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John Morris

Onlooker (uncredited)

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Julian Orchard

Man with Headache (uncredited)

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Cecil Paul

Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)

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Lionel Pope

Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)

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Bob Raymond

Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)

Milton Reid

The Mighty Chang (uncredited)

Cardew Robinson

Pinching Patient (uncredited)

Doug Robinson

Wrestler (uncredited)

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George Roderick

Kissing Patient (uncredited)

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Arnold Schulkes

Ambulance Officer (uncredited)

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Roy Seely

Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)

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John Smart

Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)

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George Spence

Egg Patient (uncredited)

Emile Stemmler

Medical Student's Patient (uncredited)

Marianne Stone

Mrs. Cutforth (uncredited)

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William F. Sully

Press Photographer (uncredited)

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Pat Symons

Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)

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Tony Thawnton

Ambulance Driver (uncredited)

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Rita Tobin-Weske

Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)

Totti Truman Taylor

Rich Woman Throwing Bracelet (uncredited)

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Harry Van Engel

Medical Student (uncredited)

Wanda Ventham

Nurse (uncredited)

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Joe Wadham

Hospital Porter (uncredited)

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Pearl Walters

Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)

Jennifer White

Medical Student (uncredited)

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Paula Wright

Onlooker (uncredited)

Original Soundtrack

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Pitkin Pandemonium at St. Godrics. A Stitch in Time is directed by Robert Asher and collectively written by Jack Davies, Norman Wisdom, Henry Blyth and Eddie Leslie. It stars Norman Wisdom, Edward Chapman, Jeanette Sterke and Jerry Desmonde. Music is by Philip Green and cinematography by Jack Asher. Although not prime Wisdom, A Stitch in Time holds the secrets as to what made the diminutive star so popular. Obviously his style of slapstick and malarkey for laughs isn't for everyone, but Wisdom's career blossomed because the feel good factor in his movies was always so high. While there w…

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I have a fairly pathological hatred of dentists, and I can’t help but wonder whether screenings of this film on BBC2 in the early 1970s might have been the cause! Indeed, for a few scenes here Norman Wisdom manages to create a sense of peril that easily outdoes anything the horror genre can illicit! Add to that the fact that he works in a butcher’s shop and, well, anyway… “Pitkin” is employed by the long-suffering “Mr. Grimsdale” (Edward Chapman) and it’s an accident in that shop that sees them both in the hospital of the fastidious “Sir Hector” (Jerry Desmonde) and the altogether nicer nurse …

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