Trouble in Store

Trouble in Store - 1953 | 82 mins | Comedy | B&W

The Production Team

Director: John Paddy Carstairs.
Producer: Maurice Cowan.
Script: John Paddy Carstairs, Maurice Cowan and Ted Willis.
Cinematography: Ernest Steward.
Editing: Geoffrey Foot and Peter Seabourne.
Sound: Gordon K. McCallum.
Original Music: Mischa Spoliansky.

The Cast

Norman Wisdom - Norman
Moira Lister - Peggy Drew
Megs Jenkins - Miss Gibson
Jerry Desmonde - Augustus Freeman
Margaret Rutherford - Miss Bacon
Lana Morris - Sally Wilson

Plot Synopsis

Norman Wisdom's debut has him working in the stockroom of a West End department store, dreaming of becoming a window dresser and of winning the love of shop assistant Sally (Lana Morris). Unfortunately, his naivety - endearing to some, infuriating to his boss Freeman (Jerry Desmonde) - lets him down. Needless to say, his efforts at self-improvement end in fall-about disaster. However, when he eventually gets the job he has a chance to redeem himself when he thwarts some in-store thieves.