One Good Turn (1955)

United Kingdom, 90 min
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Basic facts

Original title One Good Turn
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Screenplay
Production country
  • United Kingdom
Production company
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Dialogue
  • English
  • German
Swedish release 1955-05-23

Cast

Norman Wisdom
Norman

Joan Rice
Iris

Shirley Abicair
Mary

Thora Hird
kokerskan

William Russell
Alec Bigley

Joan Ingram
Mrs. Sparrow

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Titles

Original title
  • One Good Turn
Swedish release title
  • Panik i orkestern
Distribution title
  • La ragazza dei miei sogni (Italien)
  • Nokkela Norman orpokodissa (Finland)
  • Norman Wisdom op kostschool (Belgien)
  • Norman au pensionnat (Belgien)
  • Norman in het pensionaat (Belgien)
  • Plus on est de fous (Frankrike)
  • Verliebt, verrückt und nicht verheiratet (Västtyskland)
  • Was man aus Liebe tut (DDR)

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Production Manager
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Script Supervisor
Story
Executive Producer
Casting
Camera Operator
Still Photographer
Set Decorator
Costume Designer
Make-up Supervisor
Boom Operator
Sound Editor

Cast

Norman Wisdom Norman
Joan Rice Iris
Shirley Abicair Mary
Thora Hird kokerskan
William Russell Alec Bigley
Joan Ingram Mrs. Sparrow
Richard Caldicot Mr. Bigley
Marjorie Fender Tuppeny
Keith Gilman Jimmy
Noel Howlett juvelerare
David Hurst professor Dofee
Harold Kasket Ivor Petrovitch
Ricky McCullough Gunner Mac
Anthony Green (as Antony Green) Martin
- Ej krediterade:
Arthur Mullard boxare
Michael Balfour åskådare vid boxningsmatchen
Graham Stark boxare
Fred Kitchen Jr. biografföreståndare
Fred Griffiths åskådare vid boxningsmatchen
Percy Herbert åskådare vid boxningsmatchen
Ian Wilson nummer 14
Lucy Griffiths Nancy

Companies

Production Company Two Cities Films Ltd.
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) Rank Film Distributors of Sweden AB 1955

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 85987
Date 1955-03-30
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Original length 2525 meters
Censored length 2518 meters
Notes Speltid: 92 minuter.


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.37:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system Western Electric Recording
Colour type Black and white
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in metres 2469 meter
Length in minutes 90 min


Production location

1954 1954
Pinewood Studios Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire United Kingdom
Brighton, East Sussex United Kingdom

Release dates

First showing 1955-01-04 London United Kingdom 90 min
Release in Sweden 1955-05-23 Olympia Stockholm Sweden 92 min
TV showing 1976-10-17 TV2 Sweden
1995-08-14 TV3 Sweden
1996-01-09 TV3 Sweden

Soundtrack listing

Original title Please Opportunity
Composer Norman Wisdom
Lyrics Norman Wisdom
Sung by Norman Wisdom


Original title Take a Step in the Right Direction
Composer Norman Wisdom
Lyrics Norman Wisdom
Sung by Norman Wisdom


Original title Botany Bay
Composer Florian Pascal (1885)
Lyrics Florian Pascal (1885)
Sung by Shirley Abicair


Holdings Posters

Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 2


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 1


Holdings Scripts

Script type Cutting continuity
Language English


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


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