Movie: Follow a Star

Top 10 Billed Cast

Norman Wisdom
Norman Wisdom

Norman Truscott

June Laverick
June Laverick

Judy

Jerry Desmonde
Jerry Desmonde

Mr. Vernon Carew

Hattie Jacques
Hattie Jacques

Miss Dymphna Dobson

Richard Wattis
Richard Wattis

Dr. W. Chatterway

Eddie Leslie
Eddie Leslie

Harold Franklin

John Le Mesurier
John Le Mesurier

Birkett

Sydney Tafler
Sydney Tafler

Pendlebury

Fenella Fielding
Fenella Fielding

Lady Arabella Finchington

Charles Heslop
Charles Heslop

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    Norman Truscott is a store worker who dreams of stardom. Vernon Carew is a singer whose star is fading. Vernon manages to get a recording of Norman singing and passes it off as himself.

  • Release Date

    1959-01-01

  • Average

    6.1

  • Rating:

    3.0 starts
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  • Languages:

    English
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