6/10
The Lady with the Little Dog
30 October 2023
The twenties-style title sequence by John Baker tells us this no ordinary Norman Wisdom vehicle as Our Norman ventures into P. G. Wodehouse territory with Wisdom trading in his gimp suit for Norfolk jacket & plus fours to play a patrician bounder. (The film fell flat so the experiment was never repeated.)

Further evidence that this was a venture off the beaten track is the presence of a completely different supporting cast with fresh-faced young Richard Briers in the Wooster part, Sheila Hancock as a big game Hunter and author of 'Elephant Hunting in the Punjab' with aspirations to enter Parliament while Millicent Martin in the title role shows the promise soon fulfilled as the chanteuse in 'That Was the Week That Was'.
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