Press for Time
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Running time | 102 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Press for Time is a 1966 British
Plot
Norman Shields (Norman Wisdom) is a newspaper seller in London, a job organised for him by his grandfather, the Prime Minister (also played by Wisdom). After causing chaos. he is found a new job as reporter on a newspaper in the fictional seaside town of Tinmouth (partly filmed in the real seaside town of Teignmouth). The newspaper owner, an MP, has ambitions to become a junior minister and so goes along with the Prime Minister's 'request'.
During his time in Tinmouth, the well-meaning Norman gets himself into all sorts of trouble whilst reporting, such as starting an argument at a council meeting which develops into an all-out fight between members. He later becomes the reporter for the entertainment section of the newspaper, covering a beauty contest which his girlfriend Liz wins. They later return to London together, leaving a more politically settled Tinmouth behind.
Cast
- Norman Wisdom as Norman Shields/ Emily, his mother/ Wilfred, his grandfather (the P.M.)
- Derek Bond as Major R.E. Bartlett
- Derek Francis as Alderman Corcoran
- Angela Browne as Eleanor Lampton
- Tracey Crisp as Ruby Fairchild
- Allan Cuthbertson as Mr. Ballard (Attorney General)
- Noel Dyson as Mrs. Corcoran
- Peter Jones as Robin Willoughby (photographer)
- David Lodge as Mr. Ross (editor of the Tinmouth Times)
- Stanley Unwin as Mr. Nottage (Town Clerk)
- Frances White as Liz Corcoran
- Michael Balfour as Sewerman
- Tony Selby as Harry Marshall (reporter for the County Chronicle)
- Michael Bilton as Councilor Hedge
- Norman Pitt as Councilor Quilter
- Hazel Coppen as Granny Fork
- Totti Truman Taylor as Mrs. Doe Connor
- Toni Gilpin as P.M.'s secretary
- Gordon Rollings as Bus Conductor
- Imogen Hassall as Suffragette (uncredited)
- Helen Mirren as Penelope Squires (uncredited)
Reception
It was one of the twelve most popular films at the British box office in 1967.[1]
References
- ^ "Sean Connery tops the bill again". The Guardian Journal. 30 December 1967. p. 6.
External links
- Press for Time at IMDb