Press for Time

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.

• 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)

It was one of the twelve most popular films at the British box office in 1967.[1]

• Press for Time at IMDb