The Early Bird

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British comedy film film

The Early Bird is a 1965 British comedy film starring Norman Wisdom as a hapless milkman battling a ruthless dairy conglomerate.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British comedy film → film →
basedOn	original screenplay →
castMember	Bryan Pringle → Deryck Guyler → Edward Chapman → Frank Thornton → Gordon Rollings → Jerry Desmonde → John Le Mesurier → Ken Parry → Norman Wisdom → Paddie O'Neil → Penelope Horner →
characterPlayedBy	Norman Pitkin NERFINISHED → Norman Wisdom →
cinematography	Jack Asher →
colorProcess	Eastmancolor →
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom →
director	Robert Asher →
distributor	Rank Organisation →
editor	Bill Lenny →
featuresTheme	slapstick comedy → small business versus large corporation →
genre	comedy film →
hasFormat	feature film →
hasMilkmanProtagonist	true →
language	English →
leadActor	Norman Wisdom →
mainCharacter	Norman Pitkin NERFINISHED →
musicBy	Philip Green →
notableFor	portrayal of a bumbling milkman →
originalLanguage	English →
plotSummary	A hapless milkman battles a ruthless dairy conglomerate threatening his small employer. →
producer	Hugh Stewart →
productionCompany	Rank Organisation →
releaseDate	1965 →
releaseYear	1965 →
runtimeMinutes	89 →
screenwriter	Henry Blyth → Jack Davies →
setting	United Kingdom →
starring	Norman Wisdom →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Norman Wisdom → Norman Wisdom →	notableWork
A Stitch in Time →	followedBy