On The Beat (1962)
Reprising the formula already familiar from his army comedy The
Square Peg, Norman Wisdom’s alter ego Norman Pitkin is
pitted against flamboyant villains and authority figures.
Pitkin's ambition is to be a policeman just like his father,
but his height - amongst other things - prevents this.
He has to be content with washing police cars at Scotland Yard
until the police realise that the only way to solve a spate of
jewel thefts is to make use of Norman's uncanny resemblance to the
chief suspect.
The criminal is posing as an effeminate hairdresser, so Norman
is sent undercover to impersonate him and retrieve evidence
leading to the thief’s arrest.
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