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)

00:06:35 - Isn't it wonderful, Judy? - Oh, I can't, Norman.

00:09:58 Don't forget, the roof of the mouth, the teeth, the nose, the top of the head. Go.

00:13:21 (Singing scales)

00:20:03 # Give me a silvery moon

00:23:30 # And she'll be mine

00:27:16 If you wouldn't mind singing into this microphone

00:31:52 It shows he thinks highly of you. Six months' slogging he said.

00:35:40 Vernon!

00:40:25 No, Norman.

00:44:59 - Truscott! - Truscott!

00:48:40 # Piece

00:51:47 Why... Why yes, it did sound like Norman's voice.

00:55:58 Excuse me, would you mind?

01:00:25 (Man) Oh, give him a tuning fork!

01:04:22 Have you ever been hypnotised?

01:09:04 # I can stay all day on Sunday

01:12:39 - That is the high table, sir. - Then you must get a high chair.

01:16:47 - No! - (Laughter)

01:19:43 # We have had #

01:23:41 Sex maniac.

01:28:13 But...

01:32:12 - I can sing if I get a chance. - That is a matter of opinion.

01:38:53 (Honks horn)

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 line01:38:53

Production Record

DirectorRobert Asher

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes646