Comedy ·Family · United Kingdom · 1953 · 1h 25m

Trouble in Store

Director

Cast

Norman Wisdom as Norman Margaret Rutherford as Miss Bacon Moira Lister as Peggy Drew Derek Bond as Gerald Lana Morris as Sally Wilson Jerry Desmonde as August Freeman

Crew

John Paddy Carstairs — Screenplay Maurice Cowan — Screenplay Ted Willis — Screenplay

Tagline

I know it's true, yes, I'm a fool

Synopsis

Norman is working in the stock room of a large London department store, but he has ambition (doesn't he always !!), he wants to be a window dresser making up the public displays. Whilst trying to fulfill his ambition, he falls in love (doesn't he always !!), with one of the shopgirls. Together they discover a plot to rob the store and, somehow, manage to foil the robbers.

Mood & Themes

black and white

Key Collaborators

John Paddy Carstairs Director John Paddy Carstairs Screenplay Maurice Cowan Screenplay Ted Willis Screenplay

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