Overview
Norman Truscott is a store worker who dreams of stardom. Vernon Carew is a singer whose star is fading. Vernon manages to get a recording of Norman singing and passes it off as himself.
Director and cast
- Robert Asher Director
- Norman Wisdom as Norman Truscott
- Jerry Desmonde as Vernon Carew
- June Laverick as Judy
- Hattie Jacques as Miss Dymphna Dobson
- Richard Wattis as Dr. W. Chatterway
- Eddie Leslie as Harold Franklin
- John Le Mesurier as Birkett
- Sydney Tafler as Pendlebury
- Fenella Fielding as Lady Arabella Finchington
- Charles Heslop Cast
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