Up in the World
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Norman is a window cleaner who has to clean a manor house with hundreds of windows. He is distracted by the son of the house who persuades him to go into town. When some villains try and kidnap the young heir Norman fights them off but the heir has banged his head and can't remember Norman's heroic stand
Status: Released
Released Date: 1956-12-06
Runtime: 87 mins
Director: John Paddy Carstairs
Spoken language: English
Genres: Comedy
Original title: Up in the World
Production Companies: The Rank Organisation
Production Countries: United Kingdom
Cast
Norman Wisdom
Maureen Swanson
Jerry Desmonde
Michael Caridia
Colin Gordon
Ambrosine Phillpotts
Michael Ward
Jill Dixon
Edwin Styles
Hy Hazell
William Lucas
Lionel Jeffries
Cyril Chamberlain
Michael Brennan
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