how Norman Wisdom could have made such a poor film is a mystery to me, maybe he'd started running out of ideas by this stage of his career, because his early films are excellent. There appears to be very little storyline or plot and even fewer laughs. His character in this film seems to have changed his persona slightly not being quite as dim as in previous films, the Italian hairdresser he also plays comes the closest to raising a smile, and as for the scenes where he is being chased by about a hundred policeman beggars belief, and goes on for about 10 minutes with absolutely no point to it and must have been put in to use up time. Such a shame when a hero of yours turns out such dross. If you wish to see one of Normans better films i would recommend Trouble in store or The square peg.
Review of On the Beat
