On the Beat

On the Beat

As the COPPER who comes a CROPPER!

1962106 min7.7 / 10

A lighthearted British comedy about a bumbling would-be policeman whose impersonation of a cop causes escalating slapstick chaos.

Norman Pitkin wants to be a policeman like his father was, but he fails the height test (amongst others). One day he gets out his father's old uniform and "walks the beat". This leads to a level of chaos that only Pitkin could cause

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