

A Stitch in Time(1963)
Overview
An accident in the butchers shop leads Norman Pitkin and Mr Grimsdale to the hospital where, after causing the normal amount of chaos, Pitkin finds Lindy, a little girl who hasn't spoken or smiled since her parents were killed in an aeroplane accident. Pitkin decides to help.
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Norman Wisdom
Norman Pitkin

Edward Chapman
Mr. Grimsdale

Jeanette Sterke
Nurse Janet Haskell

Jerry Desmonde
Sir Hector

Jill Melford
Lady Brinkley

Glyn Houston
Corporal Welsh
Hazel Hughes
Matron
Patsy Rowlands
Amy

Peter Jones
Captain Russell

Ernest Clark
Professor Crankshaw

Lucy Appleby
Lindy Walker

Vera Day
Betty

Frank Williams
Driver Nutall

Penny Morrell
Nurse Rudkin

Patrick Cargill
Dr. Meadows

Francis Matthews
Benson

John Blythe
Dale
Pamela Conway
Patient

Danny Green
Ticehurst

Johnny Briggs
Armed Robber
John Adams
Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)
Chris Adcock
Parent (uncredited)
Michael Balfour
Workman with Mallet (uncredited)
Alan Beaton
Parent (uncredited)
Arnold Bell
Doctor (uncredited)
Graham Bell
Medical Student (uncredited)
Ernest Blyth
Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)

Wallace Bosco
Patient (uncredited)

Ronnie Brody
Small Band Member (uncredited)
Jill Carson
Nurse with Bouquet (uncredited)

Cyril Chamberlain
Bit Part (uncredited)
Pauline Chamberlain
Dancing Woman (uncredited)
Vic Chapman
Patient (uncredited)
Jimmy Charters
Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)

Pat Coombs
Nurse (uncredited)
Austin Cooper
Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)
George Curtis
Press Photographer (uncredited)
Reggie de Beer
Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)
Alistair Dick
Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)

Clifford Earl
TV Cameraman (uncredited)
Peter Evans
Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)
Lee Fenton
Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)

Michael Goodliffe
Doctor on Children's Ward (uncredited)
Ursula Granville
Medical Student's Patient (uncredited)

Fred Griffiths
Lorry Driver (uncredited)
Paul Grist
Medical Student (uncredited)
Patrick Halpin
Onlooker (uncredited)
George Hilsdon
Hospital Porter (uncredited)
Gordon Humphries
Press Photographer (uncredited)

Joan Ingram
Woman Dropping Ice Cream (uncredited)
Juba Kennerley
Patient (uncredited)
Nigel Kingsley
Extra (uncredited)
Andrew Laurence
Wallet Thrower (uncredited)
Benny Lee
Chauffeur (uncredited)

John Lee
Police Constable (uncredited)
Eddie Leslie
Band Member Playing Piccolo (uncredited)
Michael Lewis
(uncredited)
Pat Lewis
Onlooker (uncredited)
Arthur Lovegrove
Hotel Porter (uncredited)
Fred Machon
Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)
Coral Morphew
Nurse (uncredited)
John Morris
Onlooker (uncredited)
Julian Orchard
Man with Headache (uncredited)
Cecil Paul
Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)
Lionel Pope
Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)
Bob Raymond
Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)

Milton Reid
The Mighty Chang (uncredited)

Cardew Robinson
Pinching Patient (uncredited)

Doug Robinson
Wrestler (uncredited)
George Roderick
Kissing Patient (uncredited)
Arnold Schulkes
Ambulance Officer (uncredited)
Roy Seely
Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)
John Smart
Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)
George Spence
Egg Patient (uncredited)
Alecia St Leger
Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)

Emile Stemmler
Medical Student's Patient (uncredited)

Marianne Stone
Mrs. Cutforth (uncredited)
William F. Sully
Press Photographer (uncredited)
Pat Symons
Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)
Tony Thawnton
Ambulance Driver (uncredited)
Rita Tobin-Weske
Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)

Totti Truman Taylor
Rich Woman Throwing Bracelet (uncredited)
Harry Van Engel
Medical Student (uncredited)

Wanda Ventham
Nurse (uncredited)
Joe Wadham
Hospital Porter (uncredited)
Pearl Walters
Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)

Jennifer White
Medical Student (uncredited)
Paula Wright
Onlooker (uncredited)
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