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Press for Time is a 1966 British comedy film starring Norman Wisdom. The screenplay was written by Eddie Leslie and Norman Wisdom, based on the 1963 novel Yea Yea Yea, by Angus McGill. It was partly filmed in Teignmouth in Devon. It was the last film Wisdom made for the Rank Organisation.

Press for Time

Norman Wisdom

Jonathan Usher

  • 8 December 1966 (1966-12-08)

102 minutes

United Kingdom

English

Plot[edit]

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.

as Norman Shields/ Emily, his mother/ Wilfred, his grandfather (the P.M.)

Norman Wisdom

as Major R.E. Bartlett

Derek Bond

as Alderman Corcoran

Derek Francis

as Eleanor Lampton

Angela Browne

Tracey Crisp as Ruby Fairchild

as Mr. Ballard (Attorney General)

Allan Cuthbertson

as Mrs. Corcoran

Noel Dyson

as Robin Willoughby (photographer)

Peter Jones

as Mr. Ross (editor of the Tinmouth Times)

David Lodge

as Mr. Nottage (Town Clerk)

Stanley Unwin

as Liz Corcoran

Frances White

as Sewerman

Michael Balfour

as Harry Marshall (reporter for the County Chronicle)

Tony Selby

as Councilor Hedge

Michael Bilton

Norman Pitt as Councilor Quilter

Hazel Coppen as Granny Fork

as Mrs. Doe Connor

Totti Truman Taylor

Toni Gilpin as P.M.'s secretary

as Bus Conductor

Gordon Rollings

as Suffragette (uncredited)

Imogen Hassall

as Penelope Squires (uncredited)

Helen Mirren

Reception[edit]

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

at IMDb

Press for Time