Press for Time
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| Press for Time | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Robert Asher |
| Produced by | Robert Hartford-Davis Peter Newbrook |
| Written by | Eddie Leslie Norman Wisdom Angus McGill (book) |
| Starring | Norman Wisdom |
| Music by | Michael Vickers |
| Cinematography | Peter Newbrook |
| Editing by | Gerry Hambling |
| Release date(s) | 8 December 1966 |
| Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
Press for time is a 1966 film starring Norman Wisdom. The screenplay was written by Eddie Leslie and Norman Wisdom, based on the 1963 novel Yea Yea Yea, by Angus McGill. It was partly filmed in Teignmouth in Devon.
[edit] Cast
- Norman Wisdom - Norman Shields/ Emily, his mother/ Wilfred, his grandfather (the P.M.)
- Derek Bond - Major R.E. Bartlett
- Derek Francis - Alderman Corcoran
- Angela Browne - Elanor Lampton
- Tracey Crisp - Ruby Fairchild
- Allan Cuthbertson - Mr. Ballard (Attorney General)
- Noel Dyson - Mrs. Corcoran (alderman)
- Peter Jones - Robin Willobey (photographer)
- David Lodge - Mr. Ross (editor of the "Tinmouth Times")
- Stanley Unwin - Mr. Nottage (Town Clerk)
- Frances White - Liz Corcoran
- Michael Balfour - Sewerman
- Tony Selby - Harry Marshall (reporter for the "County Chronicle")
- Michael Bilton
- Norman Pitt
- Hazel Coppen - Granny Fork
- Totti Truman Taylor - Mrs. Doe Connor
- Toni Gilpin - P.M.'s secretary
- Gordon Rollings - Bus Conductor
[edit] Plot
Norman Shields (Norman Wisdom) is a local newspaper seller in London. He is happy with his current job, but is sent by his grandfather, the Prime Minister (also played by Wisdom), to take up a new job as a newspaper reporter in the fictional seaside town of Tinmouth.
During his time in Tinmouth he gets himself into all sorts of trouble while on the job reporting (starting an argument at a political conference, for example). Later in the film he becomes reporter of the entertaiment section of the newspaper, and covers a beauty contest which his girlfriend Liz wins. They later return to London together, leaving a more politically settled Tinmouth behind.
