On The Beat (DVD)

ON THE BEAT. ============= One of his better films. Normans wishes to emulate his father and join the police but he is too short and to be honest too thick! He is looking through his poor departed fathers belongings one day and makes a snap decision to put on his old pa's police uniform. Then even more silly he decides to go outside in it. He is soon mixed up in all sorts of police business. He ends up getting tumbled and the chase is on. A classic and iconic scene where Norman is on the run from about 500 policemen and to be honest does give them as run for their money. This is only the beginning of the film and I ...  Read the complete review

ON THE BEAT. ======== ~Introduction~ The irrepressible Norman is back in arguably his funniest film. ~Synopsis~ Norman is sick of being a parking attendant and dreams of following in his fathers footprints and become a police man. Unfortunately he fails the height test, not that that would be a problem today. Dejected he starts going through his dad's old chest and guess what he finds? His fathers old police uniform, oh no. He puts it on and goes for a stroll down the street, which as you can probably guess leads to huge mayhem, farcical whimsy and general madness. Eventually after being caught impersonating a policeman ...  Read the complete review