Movies starring Edward Chapman

They Flew Alone (1942)

100 mins     Biography, Drama      

If "They Flew Alone" or "Wings and the Woman" as it is also known was made now it would fail. Now that may sound harsh considering this is a "biopic" of pioneering English aviator Amy Johnson made the year after she died but ...

It Always Rains on Sunday (1947)

92 mins     Crime, Drama      

When you think of movies which came out of the Ealing Studios it would be fair to say most people are likely to think of their comedies. But Ealing studios made more than just memorable comedies, they did amongst other things...

The Card (1952)

85 mins     Comedy      

Maybe it's me but you watch "The Card" and you ask yourself why can't they make movies like that anymore. I don't mean black & white movies but comedies where the amusement comes from the characters and the way the story deve...

X: The Unknown (1956)

81 mins     Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi      

Not often but sometimes I wish I was older and so that I could have experienced certain movies for the first time when they came out. That feeling of wishing I was older came again when I was watching "X: The Unknown" as in a...

The Square Peg (1958)

89 mins     Comedy, War      

The Square Peg (1958) Norman Wisdom stars as Norman Pitkin, a council road repair man who ends up drafted and parachuted in to France where it is discovered he looks just like a German general...

The Bulldog Breed (1960)

97 mins     Comedy      

Movie Review - The Bulldog Breed (1960) a lovelorn Norman joins the Navy expecting to travel around the world and get all the girls he could dream of. But Norman soon discovers Navy live is not all that he thought it would be...

A Stitch in Time (1963)

89 mins     Comedy      

Whilst the third movie to see Norman Wisdom play Norman Pitkin it was the second of the three where he starred alongside Edward Chapman as Mr. Grimsdale. Now in a way "A Stitch in Time" is the perfect example of what was so g...

The Early Bird (1965)

98 mins     Comedy      

the alarm clock goes off and a half awake Norman gets up, makes a pot of tea and takes it back up to his bedroom. It is a typical Norman Wisdom scene full of amusing slapstick from tripping on stairs to bed swapping with Mr. ...