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On the Beat

1962
Directed byRobert Asher
1h 46m

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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Norman WisdomNorman Pitkin / Giulio NapolitaniJennifer JayneRosanna GuardiaRaymond HuntleySir Ronald Ackroyd
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ComedyCrime
STATUSReleased
RATING
7.6

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