Starring: Norman Wisdom, Margaret Rutherford, Moira Lister, Derek Bond, Jerry Desmonde, Lana Morris, Maureen Swanson

Directed by: John Paddy Carstairs

Trouble In Store Norman's ambition is to become a window dresser in the magnificent department store where he works but an encounter with shoplifter Margaret Rutherford ends in disaster!

Up In The World Wisdom plays a window cleaner for eccentric Lady Banderville. Her foolhardy son, Sir Reginald, makes life difficult for poor Norman with his constant pranks and practical jokes.

Up The World:

Norman Wisdom comedies all run to the same formula in different settings. This involves the working class lad being put down by the snobbish upper-classes as he accidentally makes them look foolish -–but always comes good in the end. Here we see him as a window cleaner to an upperclass family with all the various scrapes he gets into – but this has the kidnapping which gives it the feel of a reasonable plot to fall back on.

The comedy is as good as it got for Wisdom and this is one of his better films (although not his best). The various routines and pratfalls are standard but enjoyable. The fact that the plot is quite good too (despite the holes) is a bonus but not important. Happily Norman's wooing of the usual attractive lady is limited to one brief song. The majority consist of various funny scenes and a good, if totally unrealistic, football match.

Norman Wisdom .... Norman
Jerry Desmonde (I) .... Maj. Willoughby
Maureen Swanson .... Jeannie Andrews
Colin Gordon .... Fletcher Hethrington
Michael Caridia .... Sir Reginald
Lionel Jeffries .... Wilson
Ambrosine Phillpotts .... Lady Banderville
Michael Ward (I) .... Maurice
Jill Dixon .... Sylvia
Edwin Styles .... Conjuror
William Lucas (I) .... Mick Bellman
Cyril Chamberlain .... Harper
Michael Brennan (I)
Eddie Leslie .... Max
Edward Lexy

Runtime: 87 min
Country: UK
Language: English
Color: Black and White

Trouble In Store:

famousgir1
London,England:

Summary: Norman Wisdom is the BEST. This is GREAT.

All of Norman Wisdoms movies, shows, etc. are brilliant and this is one of my favourites and one of his first movies. Norman is hilarious here as always and brings lots of jokes and laughter as usual. If you want to see a great comedy, then I definitely recommend Trouble In Store. It's brilliant and I give it a well deserving 10/10.

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

Runtime: 82 min
Country: UK
Language: English
Color: Black and White