| 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 |
Press for Time is a 1966 British 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. It was the last film Wisdom made for the Rank Organisation.
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 entertainment 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.