

Trouble in Store
1953-12-14 · 85 min · ★ 6.1
Norman is working in the stock room of a large London department store, but he has ambition (doesn't he always !!), he wants to be a window dresser making up the public displays. Whilst trying to fulfill his ambition, he falls in love (doesn't he always !!), with one of the shopgirls. Together they discover a plot to rob the store and, somehow, manage to foil the robbers.
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- Directors
- John Paddy Carstairs
- Production companies
- Two Cities Films
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Status
- Released
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Norman WisdomNorman
Margaret RutherfordMiss Bacon
Moira ListerPeggy Drew
Derek BondGerald
Lana MorrisSally Wilson
Jerry DesmondeAugust Freeman
Megs JenkinsMiss Gibson
Joan SimsEdna
Michael BrennanDavis
Joan IngramMiss Denby
Michael WardWilbur
Cyril ChamberlainAlf
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