A Stitch in Time

An accident in the butchers shop leads Norman Pitkin and Mr Grimsdale to the hospital where, after causing the normal amount of chaos, Pitkin finds Lindy, a little girl who hasn't spoken or smiled since her parents were killed in an aeroplane accident. Pitkin decides to help.

Genre : Comedy

Runtime : 89 mins

Release Date : 1963-12-01

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Pitkin Pandemonium at St. Godrics. A Stitch in Time is directed by Robert Asher and collectively written by Jack Davies, Norman Wisdom, Henry Blyth and Eddie Leslie. It stars Norman Wisdom, Edward Chapman, Jeanette Sterke and Jerry Desmonde. Music is by Philip Green and cinematography by Jack As...

I have a fairly pathological hatred of dentists, and I can’t help but wonder whether screenings of this film on BBC2 in the early 1970s might have been the cause! Indeed, for a few scenes here Norman Wisdom manages to create a sense of peril that easily outdoes anything the horror genre can illicit...

Cast

Norman Wisdom

(Norman Pitkin)

Edward Chapman

(Mr. Grimsdale)

Jeanette Sterke

(Nurse Janet Haskell)

Jerry Desmonde

(Sir Hector)

Jill Melford

(Lady Brinkley)

Glyn Houston

(Corporal Welsh)

Hazel Hughes

(Matron)

Patsy Rowlands

(Amy)

Peter Jones

(Captain Russell)

Ernest Clark

(Professor Crankshaw)

Lucy Appleby

(Lindy Walker)

Vera Day

(Betty)

Frank Williams

(Driver Nutall)

Penny Morrell

(Nurse Rudkin)

Patrick Cargill

(Dr. Meadows)

Francis Matthews

(Benson)

John Blythe

(Dale)

Pamela Conway

(Patient)

Danny Green

(Ticehurst)

Johnny Briggs

(Armed Robber)

John Adams

(Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited))

Chris Adcock

(Parent (uncredited))

Michael Balfour

(Workman with Mallet (uncredited))

Alan Beaton

(Parent (uncredited))

Arnold Bell

(Doctor (uncredited))

Graham Bell

(Medical Student (uncredited))

Ernest Blyth

(Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited))

Wallace Bosco

(Patient (uncredited))

Ronnie Brody

(Small Band Member (uncredited))

Jill Carson

(Nurse with Bouquet (uncredited))

Cyril Chamberlain

(Bit Part (uncredited))

Pauline Chamberlain

(Dancing Woman (uncredited))

Vic Chapman

(Patient (uncredited))

Jimmy Charters

(Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited))

Pat Coombs

(Nurse (uncredited))

Austin Cooper

(Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited))

George Curtis

(Press Photographer (uncredited))

Reggie de Beer

(Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited))

Alistair Dick

(Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited))

Clifford Earl

(TV Cameraman (uncredited))

Peter Evans

(Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited))

Lee Fenton

(Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited))

Michael Goodliffe

(Doctor on Children's Ward (uncredited))

Ursula Granville

(Medical Student's Patient (uncredited))

Fred Griffiths

(Lorry Driver (uncredited))

Paul Grist

(Medical Student (uncredited))

Patrick Halpin

(Onlooker (uncredited))

George Hilsdon

(Hospital Porter (uncredited))

Gordon Humphries

(Press Photographer (uncredited))

Joan Ingram

(Woman Dropping Ice Cream (uncredited))

Juba Kennerley

(Patient (uncredited))

Nigel Kingsley

(Extra (uncredited))

Andrew Laurence

(Wallet Thrower (uncredited))

Benny Lee

(Chauffeur (uncredited))

John Lee

(Police Constable (uncredited))

Eddie Leslie

(Band Member Playing Piccolo (uncredited))

Michael Lewis

((uncredited))

Pat Lewis

(Onlooker (uncredited))

Arthur Lovegrove

(Hotel Porter (uncredited))

Fred Machon

(Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited))

Coral Morphew

(Nurse (uncredited))

John Morris

(Onlooker (uncredited))

Julian Orchard

(Man with Headache (uncredited))

Cecil Paul

(Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited))

Lionel Pope

(Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited))

Bob Raymond

(Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited))

Milton Reid

(The Mighty Chang (uncredited))

Cardew Robinson

(Pinching Patient (uncredited))

Doug Robinson

(Wrestler (uncredited))

George Roderick

(Kissing Patient (uncredited))

Arnold Schulkes

(Ambulance Officer (uncredited))

Roy Seely

(Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited))

John Smart

(Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited))

George Spence

(Egg Patient (uncredited))

Alecia St Leger

(Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited))

Emile Stemmler

(Medical Student's Patient (uncredited))

Marianne Stone

(Mrs. Cutforth (uncredited))

William F. Sully

(Press Photographer (uncredited))

Pat Symons

(Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited))

Tony Thawnton

(Ambulance Driver (uncredited))

Rita Tobin-Weske

(Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited))

Totti Truman Taylor

(Rich Woman Throwing Bracelet (uncredited))

Harry Van Engel

(Medical Student (uncredited))

Wanda Ventham

(Nurse (uncredited))

Joe Wadham

(Hospital Porter (uncredited))

Pearl Walters

(Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited))

Jennifer White

(Medical Student (uncredited))

Paula Wright

(Onlooker (uncredited))