A Stitch in Time

A Stitch in Time - 1963 | 89mins | Comedy | B&W

The Production Team

Director: Robert Asher.
Producer: Hugh Stewart.
Script: Henry Blyth, Jack Davies, Eddie Leslie and Norman Wisdom.
Cinematography: Jack Asher.
Editing: Gerry Hambling.
Art Direction: Bert Davey.
Costume Design: Joan Ellacott.
Makeup Department: George Blackler and Biddy Chrystal.
Sound Department: C. Le Mesurier, Dudley Messenger and Jim Sibley.
Original Music: Philip Green.

The Cast

Norman Wisdom - Norman Pitkin
Edward Chapman - Mr. Grimsdale
Jeanette Sterke - Nurse Haskell
Jerry Desmonde - Sir Hector
Jill Melford - Lady Brinkley
Hazel Hughes - Matron
Glyn Houston - Corporal Welsh, St Johns
Patsy Rowlands - Amy

Plot Synopsis

Formulaic Norman Wisdom comedy vehicle featuring his usual brand of slapstick, but there’s also a tendency to over-sentimentalise the plot narrative. Gormless butcher's assistant Norman Pitkin (Norman Wisdom) causes a commotion in a hospital where his boss, Mr. Grimsdale (Edward Chapman), is undergoing surgery to have a swallowed watch removed. Norman is banned from entering the hospital again but vows to come back and visit a depressed orphan, Lindy (Lucy Appleby), he met whilst hiding under a bed. Despite being barred by the hospital governor, Sir Hector (Jerry Desmonde), Norman must somehow get in. He causes chaos with his zany attempts to gain access, which include joining the St. John’s Ambulance Brigade, sitting in a freezer to contract pneumonia, and throwing himself in-front of an oncoming lorry. Knowing Lindy will be watching a charity ball television broadcast; Norman determines to get in front of the cameras.