A Stitch in Time
1963 · 89 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 1,325 VOTES · DIR. Robert Asher
Overview
An accident in the butchers shop leads Norman Pitkin and Mr Grimsdale to the hospital where, after causing the normal ammount 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.
Dialogue Timeline — 865 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:26 Chopper.
00:06:20 Give over. Don't do that, Pitkin!
00:08:47 Now-now-now try to hang on!
00:16:28 You're not so near to them as I am, are you?
00:19:22 - Thank you, Lady Brinkley. - Thank you, Lady Brinkley!
00:22:40 - I, er... Oh. - (Norman giggling)
00:24:40 Eughhh.
00:27:30 (Norman) Come on! Out of it.
00:33:09 - You've done it most beautifully. - Thank you.
00:36:13 But it's really only cos you didn't want to talk, isn't it?
00:39:31 All right. We'll take care of it for you.
00:42:49 We'll find another way in and you can see that little girl, eh?
00:46:35 Wait for it. Ah, ah, ah.
00:50:52 three, four...
00:54:12 Oh, well. Better get my new face ready.
00:58:27 Yes. Very, very new.
01:02:01 Dear, just one moment. May I just have your leg out there?
01:04:19 Mr Grimsdale. Couldn't I stay in half an hour and have single pneumonia?
01:07:17 I won't let 'em operate on me.
01:10:52 (Owl hooting)
01:13:33 Say it with flowers.
01:18:01 ...charity. Ladies and gentlemen...
01:24:54 (# Instruments tumbling into out-of-key finish)
01:28:52 Pitkin!
Cast & Characters
Norman Wisdom
Norman Pitkin
Edward Chapman
Mr. Grimsdale
Jeanette Sterke
Nurse Haskell
Jerry Desmonde
Sir Hector
Jill Melford
Lady Brinkley
Glyn Houston
Cpl. Welsh, St. John's Ambulance Brigade
Hazel Hughes
Matron
Patsy Rowlands
Amy
Peter Jones
Capt. Russell, St. John's Ambulance Brigade
Ernest Clark
Prof. Crankshaw
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed865
Dialogue density9.7 lines / min
First line00:01:26
Final line01:28:52
Production Record
DirectorRobert Asher
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes1,325