Follow a Star

Name: Follow a Star
Director: Robert Asher
Released: 1959
Duration: 102 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Norman Wisdom, June Laverick, Jerry Desmonde, Hattie Jacques, Richard Wattis

1959 · 102 MIN · IMDB 6.5 · 646 VOTES · DIR. Robert Asher

Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,222 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:14 (Machinery whirring)

00:06:28 - Did you speak to him? - I served him.

00:09:47 - It's there! - It's there all right.

00:12:52 an actress.

00:19:28 A request from any part of the house. Maybe one of my old songs.

00:22:54 # Give me a leafy lane

00:26:30 Mind your feet, we don't hang about.

00:30:52 But this is essential to your career.

00:34:15 All this will come to another £3.

00:39:13 (Gibbering) # Hot #

00:43:20 Come along, get undressed.

00:47:01 (Singing gibberish)

00:50:21 # But I swear that I'll possess you, little square, you

00:53:56 Champagne, Truscott.

00:58:24 It's not going to be a pleasure.

01:02:12 You must see a tiptop psychiatrist.

01:05:23 ..and heavier.

01:10:11 Learn to mix with men as an equal then you'll really be able to sing.

01:14:00 Keep dolloping.

01:17:28 you listening?

01:21:02 Truscott.

01:24:52 - He'll be using Norman's voice there! - Exactly. It's outrageous.

01:29:35 - Come off. Come off. - Don't you dare!

01:32:57 - Follow A Star. - (Cheering)

Cast & Characters

Norman Wisdom Norman Truscott June Laverick Judy Jerry Desmonde Vernon Carew Hattie Jacques Dymphna Dobson Richard Wattis Dr. Chatterway Eddie Leslie Harold Franklin John Le Mesurier Birkett Sydney Tafler Pendlebury Fenella Fielding Lady Finchington Charles Heslop The General

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,222

Dialogue density12.0 lines / min

First line00:00:14

Final line01:32:57

Production Record

DirectorRobert Asher

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes646