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==Plot== |
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The story is rather similar to the ending of ''[[Singin' in the Rain]]'', where a singer fraudulently "borrows" the voice of [[Norman Wisdom]]'s character. |
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Norman Truscott is a store worker who dreams of stardom and admires popular variety singer, Vernon Carew. Vernon Carew's own fame is already wearing thin. Recognizing Norman's singing talent, Vernon takes him on as an apprentice. Carew manages to get a jazzy recording of Norman singing in the bathtub and passes it off as himself... |
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==Cast== |
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Revision as of 23:30, 14 September 2012
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| Directed by | Robert Asher |
| Written by | Henry Blyth Jack Davies Norman Wisdom |
| Produced by | Hugh Stewart |
| Starring | Norman Wisdom June Laverick Jerry Desmonde |
Release date | April 25, 1961 (US) |
Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Follow a Star is a 1959 British comedy film directed by Robert Asher and starring Norman Wisdom.
Plot
The story is rather similar to the ending of Singin' in the Rain, where a singer fraudulently "borrows" the voice of Norman Wisdom's character.
Cast
- Norman Wisdom as Norman Truscott
- June Laverick as Judy
- Jerry Desmonde as Vernon Carew
- Hattie Jacques as Dymphna Dobson
- Richard Wattis as Dr. Chatterway
- Eddie Leslie as Harold Franklin
- John Le Mesurier as Birkett
- Sydney Tafler as Pendlebury
- Fenella Fielding as Lady Finchington
- Charles Heslop as The General
- Joe Melia as Stage Manager
- Ron Moody as Violinist
External links
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