On the Beat

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British comedy film film

On the Beat is a 1962 British comedy film starring Norman Wisdom as a bumbling car park attendant who dreams of becoming a policeman and gets entangled in a criminal investigation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British comedy film ⓘ
film ⓘ
basedOn original screenplay ⓘ
cinematography Jack Asher ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
director Robert Asher ⓘ
distributor Rank Organisation ⓘ
editedBy Frederick Wilson ⓘ
era 1960s British cinema ⓘ
featuresCharacterOccupation car park attendant ⓘ
policeman ⓘ
filmingLocation Pinewood Studios ⓘ
genre comedy film ⓘ
hasColor black-and-white ⓘ
hasFormat black-and-white film ⓘ
hasSubject comedy ⓘ
crime ⓘ
police ⓘ
hasTheme aspiration ⓘ
crime investigation ⓘ
mistaken identity ⓘ
hasTitle On the Beat self-link ⓘ
isPartOfSeries Norman Wisdom comedies ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainCharacter Norman Pitkin NERFINISHED ⓘ
medium theatrical film ⓘ
musicBy Philip Green ⓘ
notableFor featuring Norman Wisdom in a dual role ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Norman Wisdom filmography ⓘ
plotSummary A bumbling car park attendant who dreams of becoming a policeman becomes involved in a criminal investigation. ⓘ
producer Hugh Stewart ⓘ
productionCompany Rank Organisation ⓘ
releaseDate 1962-12-26 ⓘ
releaseYear 1962 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 88 ⓘ
screenwriter Henry Blyth ⓘ
Jack Davies ⓘ
setIn London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
starring Campbell Singer ⓘ
David Lodge ⓘ
Dick Emery ⓘ
Jennifer Jayne ⓘ
Norman Wisdom ⓘ
Raymond Huntley ⓘ
targetAudience family audience ⓘ
titleLanguage English ⓘ
workLocation United Kingdom film industry ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

A Stitch in Time → follows → On the Beat ⓘ
On the Beat → hasTitle → On the Beat self-link ⓘ
Norman Wisdom → notableWork → On the Beat ⓘ