One Good Turn (1955 film)
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| Directed by | John Paddy Carstairs |
| Produced by | Maurice Cowan |
| Written by | Maurice Cowan John Paddy Carstairs Ted Willis |
| Starring | Norman Wisdom Joan Rice Shirley Abicair Thora Hird |
| Music by | John Addison |
| Cinematography | Jack E. Cox |
| Edited by | Geoffrey Foot |
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| Distributed by | General Film Distributors |
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Release dates
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4 January 1955 |
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Running time
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90 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
One Good Turn is a 1955 British comedy film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Norman Wisdom, Joan Rice, Shirley Abicair and Thora Hird.[1] Norman tries to raise money for the orphanage where he grew up and where he now works as a carer.
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Cast
- Norman Wisdom - Norman
- Joan Rice - Iris Gibson
- Shirley Abicair - Mary
- Thora Hird - Cook
- William Russell - Alec Bigley
- Joan Ingram - Matron Sparrow
- Richard Caldicot - Mr. Bigley
- Marjorie Fender - Tuppeny
- Keith Gilman - Jimmy
- Noel Howlett - Jeweller
- David Hurst - Professor Dofee
- Harold Kasket - Igor Petrovitch
- Ricky McCullough - Gunner Mac
- Anthony Green - Martin
Reception
The film was the 7th most popular movie at the British box office in 1955.[2] The Radio Times wrote, "this is the cleverly constructed follow-up to Norman Wisdom's smash-hit debut Trouble in Store. Arguably the best of his vehicles...Of course, the film is overly sentimental, but sentiment was part of Wisdom's stock-in-trade, and today, if we can look beyond the home-grown schmaltz, we can recognise the rare quality of a true cinematic clown." [3]
References
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- ↑ 'Dirk Bogarde favourite film actor', The Irish Times (1921-Current File) [Dublin, Ireland] 29 Dec 1955: 9.
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External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). One Good Turn at IMDb
- One Good Turn at BFI Screenonline
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