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His Latest and Funniest and First Time in Colour - The Early Bird
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Title: The Early Bird

Release Date: 30 Nov 1965

Runtime: 1h 38m

Genre: Comedy

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Overview: Norman Pitkin is the assistant helping to run a small, old fashioned dairy which is threatened by a larger, modern organisation. Pitkin does his best to save the dairy (and his horse) and the usual chaos ensues

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.6 (30 votes)

Cast

  • Norman Pitkin: Norman Wisdom
  • Mr. Thomas Grimsdale: Edward Chapman
  • Mr. Walter Hunter: Jerry Desmonde
  • Mrs. Gladwys Hoskins: Paddie O'Neill
  • Colonel Foster: John Le Mesurier
  • Drunken Doctor: Frank Thornton
  • Miss Curry: Penny Morrell
  • Woman Flooded by Milk: Dandy Nichols
  • Godfrey: Tony Selby
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