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Press for Time (1966)
Director: Robert Asher
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Gormless Norman is the Prime Minister's grandson, a newspaper-seller kicked upstairs (because grandfather is embarrassed) to a journalist's post in a seaside town (where he wreaks much havoc). Based on a novel by Evening Standard hack Angus McGill, this features Wisdom in three roles, spreading his creepy persona too thinly for comfort. His humour was very much a product of the conscription years; by 1966, it had worn hopelessly thin, and after this film, he attempted to update his style with Swinging Sixties fare like What's Good for the Goose - a disastrous step, it transpired.Author: JRo
Cast & crew
Director: Robert Asher
Producer: Robert Hartford-Davis, Peter Newbrook
Cast: Norman Wisdom, Derek Bond, Angela Browne, Derek Francis, Noel Dyson, Frances White, Peter Jones, Allan Cuthbertson full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 102 mins
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