A friendly window cleaner works at an English country estate where he saves the owner's son from kidnappers.A friendly window cleaner works at an English country estate where he saves the owner's son from kidnappers.A friendly window cleaner works at an English country estate where he saves the owner's son from kidnappers.
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- TriviaBeth Rogan's debut.
- GoofsThere is an obvious stunt double at the top of the ladder in the long shots during the prison scenes. The double is much taller than Wisdom's 5'2" height.
- Quotes
Norman: I'm Norman. The new window cleaner.
Maj. Willoughby: You should have been here at 9 o'clock this morning!
Norman: Why? What happened?
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Up in the World
I regard myself fortunate to have met Norman Wisdom once. He was doing some promotional work up in Newcastle in the late 1990s.
Up in the World sees hapless Norman play a window cleaner on a big country estate. It has more windows than roof tiles. Norman has to put up with the spoilt brat of the household.
Some bad guys plan to kidnap the brat, an heir to the title and they are not happy that Norman bagged the window cleaning job.
Norman is forced to take the lad to a nightclub in London where Norman causes havoc during a magic act. The bad guys make a kidnap attempt and poor Norman is blamed and lands himself in jail.
Some of it is silly fun, there is an opening mishap where Norman places a giant poster over some apartments.
It is knockabout fun but I think it is not a good film. Norman Wisdom's schtick has aged a bit. Some of it comes across as irksome. The singing is irritating.
Up in the World sees hapless Norman play a window cleaner on a big country estate. It has more windows than roof tiles. Norman has to put up with the spoilt brat of the household.
Some bad guys plan to kidnap the brat, an heir to the title and they are not happy that Norman bagged the window cleaning job.
Norman is forced to take the lad to a nightclub in London where Norman causes havoc during a magic act. The bad guys make a kidnap attempt and poor Norman is blamed and lands himself in jail.
Some of it is silly fun, there is an opening mishap where Norman places a giant poster over some apartments.
It is knockabout fun but I think it is not a good film. Norman Wisdom's schtick has aged a bit. Some of it comes across as irksome. The singing is irritating.
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- Nov 28, 2018
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- Runtime1 hour 27 minutes
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- 1.66 : 1
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