Trouble in Store (1953)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

John Paddy Carstairs

Writers:

John Paddy Carstairs (writer)
Maurice Cowan (writer)

Release Date:

12 January 1955 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Norman is working in the stock room of a large London department store, but he has ambition (doesn't he always !!)...

Awards:

Won BAFTA Film Award.

Cast

Norman Wisdom	...	Norman
Moira Lister	...	Peggy Drew
Megs Jenkins	...	Miss Gibson
Jerry Desmonde	...	Augustus Freeman
Margaret Rutherford	...	Miss Bacon
Lana Morris	...	Sally Wilson
Eddie Leslie	...	Bill
Michael Brennan	...	Davis
Michael Ward	...	Wilbur
Joan Ingram	...	Miss Denby
Cyril Chamberlain	...	Alf
Ronan O'Casey	...	Gang Member
Derek Bond	...	Gerald
Joan Sims	...	Edna
John Warren

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | UK:U

Filming Locations:

Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Company:

Maurice Cowan Productions

Trivia:

Jill Craigie, who wrote the first draft of the script, is reported to have asked for her name to be removed from the credits after learning of Norman Wisdom's involvement.

Goofs:

Continuity: Miss Bacon glues three stickers to a suitcase, and walks away with four on it.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Seriously Funny: An Argument for Comedy" (1996)

Soundtrack:

I'd Like To Put On Record That I Love You

A Lot Of Fun

This is a comedy starring Norman Wisdom as a bumbling stock person in Burridge's, the big London department store. This is a slapstick comedy with heart. He really likes Sally, a salesclerk played by the sweet looking Lana Morris. There are many rich characters in this film, such as Moira Lister playing supervisor Peggy Drew (Miss Srew, if you don't mind!) and the comic icon Margaret Rutherford playing a crafty shoplifter. The Jerry Lewis film "Who's Minding The Store?" borrowed some elements of this film, but this film is better. It is more engaging and involves great sight gags, such as the big sale with thousands of marauding shoppers and Norman trying to catch Sally to give her her purse while on roller skates. No need to go into the central plot, it doesn't matter. This is a fun comedy from the great Norman Wisdom. I recommend this. In these crazy times you need a laugh and this film gives you some.