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On the Beat

As the COPPER who comes a CROPPER!

7.6(34)19621h 46m2

Norman Pitkin wants to be a policeman like his father was, but he fails the height test (amongst others). One day he gets out his father's old uniform and "walks the beat". This leads to a level of chaos that only Pitkin could cause

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Released
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Language
English
  • black and white

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Director

Robert Asher

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United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNR1 Jan 1963
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalU11 Dec 1962
  • IrelandIE

    • TheatricalG21 Dec 1962

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On the Beat was released on 11 December 1962.

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    CinemaSerf

    3/25/2023

    6/10

    Sometimes I forget just how charismatic and talented Norman Wisdom was. I was never a fan of slapstick humour, but somehow he always manages to inject the tiniest elements of class - even sophistication - into his performances. Here, he delivers one of his better and harder-working efforts as "Pitkin"; son of a decorated police officer who, it had been deemed, is too short to serve in the constabulary himself - so he…

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