One Good Turn

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British comedy film film

One Good Turn is a 1955 British comedy film starring Norman Wisdom as a well-meaning but bumbling worker at a children's home who tries to save it from closure.

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instanceOf British comedy film ⓘ
film ⓘ
basedOn original screenplay ⓘ
characterOccupation children's home worker ⓘ
cinematography Jack Asher ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
director John Paddy Carstairs ⓘ
distributor Rank Organisation ⓘ
editedBy Alfred Roome ⓘ
featuresTheme orphans and children's welfare ⓘ
self-sacrifice ⓘ
slapstick comedy ⓘ
filmingLocation Pinewood Studios ⓘ
followedBy Up in the World ⓘ
follows Trouble in Store ⓘ
genre comedy film ⓘ
hasColorProcess black-and-white ⓘ
hasTargetAudience family ⓘ
isBlackAndWhite true ⓘ
leadActorPlays Norman ⓘ
mainCharacter Norman ⓘ
musicBy Malcolm Arnold ⓘ
notableFor showcasing Norman Wisdom's physical comedy ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Norman Wisdom ⓘ
surface form: Norman Wisdom filmography
plotSummary A well-meaning but bumbling worker at a children's home tries to save it from closure. ⓘ
producer Hugh Stewart ⓘ
productionCompany Rank Organisation ⓘ
releaseDate 1955-10-24 ⓘ
releaseYear 1955 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 90 ⓘ
screenwriter Jack Davies ⓘ
Norman Wisdom ⓘ
Sid Colin ⓘ
setIn England ⓘ
setInPeriod 1950s ⓘ
starring David Lodge ⓘ
Edward Chapman ⓘ
Jill Melford ⓘ
Joan Rice ⓘ
Marianne Stone ⓘ
Norman Wisdom ⓘ
Shirley Abicair ⓘ
Thora Hird ⓘ
William Russell ⓘ

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