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A Stitch in Time

7.4

Released December 01, 1963Runtime 1h 29min

An accident in the butchers shop leads Norman Pitkin and Mr Grimsdale to the hospital where, after causing the normal amount of chaos, Pitkin finds Lindy, a little girl who hasn't spoken or smiled since her parents were killed in an aeroplane accident. Pitkin decides to help.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

The Rank Organisation

Production Countries

United Kingdom

Finances

Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Profit/Loss: $0

Stream

Rent

Buy

Cast

Norman WisdomNorman Pitkin

Edward ChapmanMr. Grimsdale

Jeanette SterkeNurse Janet Haskell

Jerry DesmondeSir Hector

Jill MelfordLady Brinkley

Glyn HoustonCorporal Welsh

Hazel HughesMatron

Patsy RowlandsAmy

Peter JonesCaptain Russell

Ernest ClarkProfessor Crankshaw

Lucy ApplebyLindy Walker

Vera DayBetty

Frank WilliamsDriver Nutall

Penny MorrellNurse Rudkin

Patrick CargillDr. Meadows

Francis MatthewsBenson

John BlytheDale

Pamela ConwayPatient

Danny GreenTicehurst

Johnny BriggsArmed Robber

John AdamsSunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)

Chris AdcockParent (uncredited)

Michael BalfourWorkman with Mallet (uncredited)

Alan BeatonParent (uncredited)

Arnold BellDoctor (uncredited)

Graham BellMedical Student (uncredited)

Ernest BlythSunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)

Wallace BoscoPatient (uncredited)

Ronnie BrodySmall Band Member (uncredited)

Jill CarsonNurse with Bouquet (uncredited)

Cyril ChamberlainBit Part (uncredited)

Pauline ChamberlainDancing Woman (uncredited)

Vic ChapmanPatient (uncredited)

Jimmy ChartersSunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)

Pat CoombsNurse (uncredited)

Austin CooperSunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)

George CurtisPress Photographer (uncredited)

Reggie de BeerSunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)

Alistair DickSunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)

Clifford EarlTV Cameraman (uncredited)

Peter EvansSunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)

Lee FentonSunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)

Michael GoodliffeDoctor on Children's Ward (uncredited)

Ursula GranvilleMedical Student's Patient (uncredited)

Fred GriffithsLorry Driver (uncredited)

Paul GristMedical Student (uncredited)

Patrick HalpinOnlooker (uncredited)

George HilsdonHospital Porter (uncredited)

Gordon HumphriesPress Photographer (uncredited)

Joan IngramWoman Dropping Ice Cream (uncredited)

Juba KennerleyPatient (uncredited)

Nigel KingsleyExtra (uncredited)

Andrew LaurenceWallet Thrower (uncredited)

Benny LeeChauffeur (uncredited)

John LeePolice Constable (uncredited)

Eddie LeslieBand Member Playing Piccolo (uncredited)

Michael Lewis(uncredited)

Pat LewisOnlooker (uncredited)

Arthur LovegroveHotel Porter (uncredited)

Fred MachonSunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)

Coral MorphewNurse (uncredited)

John MorrisOnlooker (uncredited)

Julian OrchardMan with Headache (uncredited)

Cecil PaulSunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)

Lionel PopeSunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)

Bob RaymondSunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)

Milton ReidThe Mighty Chang (uncredited)

Cardew RobinsonPinching Patient (uncredited)

Doug RobinsonWrestler (uncredited)

George RoderickKissing Patient (uncredited)

Arnold SchulkesAmbulance Officer (uncredited)

Roy SeelySunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)

John SmartSunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)

George SpenceEgg Patient (uncredited)

Alecia St LegerSunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)

Emile StemmlerMedical Student's Patient (uncredited)

Marianne StoneMrs. Cutforth (uncredited)

William F. SullyPress Photographer (uncredited)

Pat SymonsSunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)

Tony ThawntonAmbulance Driver (uncredited)

Rita Tobin-WeskeSunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)

Totti Truman TaylorRich Woman Throwing Bracelet (uncredited)

Harry Van EngelMedical Student (uncredited)

Wanda VenthamNurse (uncredited)

Joe WadhamHospital Porter (uncredited)

Pearl WaltersSunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)

Jennifer WhiteMedical Student (uncredited)

Paula WrightOnlooker (uncredited)

Crew

Robert AsherDirector

Anthony WayeAssistant Director

Splinters DeasonContinuity

Jack DaviesScreenplay

Norman WisdomWriter

L. C. RudkinProduction Manager

Earl St. JohnExecutive Producer

Hugh StewartProducer

Jim SibleySound Editor

Jack AsherDirector of Photography

Gerry HamblingEditor

Bert DaveyArt Direction

James BawdenCamera Operator

Biddy ChrystalHairdresser

Joan EllacottCostume Design

Arthur TaksenSet Dresser

Dudley MessengerSound Recordist

Philip GreenOriginal Music Composer

George BlacklerMakeup Artist

C. Le MesurierSound Recordist

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Reviews

Pitkin Pandemonium at St. Godrics. A Stitch in Time is directed by Robert Asher and collectively written by Jack Davies, Norman Wisdom, Henry Blyth and Eddie Leslie. It stars Norman Wisdom, Edward Chapman, Jeanette Sterke and Jerry Desmonde. Music is by Philip Green and cinematography by Jack As...

I have a fairly pathological hatred of dentists, and I can’t help but wonder whether screenings of this film on BBC2 in the early 1970s might have been the cause! Indeed, for a few scenes here Norman Wisdom manages to create a sense of peril that easily outdoes anything the horror genre can illicit...