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Press for Time
Press for Time
	Original British 1-sheet poster
Directed by	Robert Asher
Written by	Eddie Leslie; Norman Wisdom; Angus McGill (book)
Produced by	Robert Hartford-Davis; Peter Newbrook
Starring	Norman Wisdom
Cinematography	Jonathan Usher
Edited by	Gerry Hambling
Music by	Mike Vickers
Distributed by	Rank Film Distributors
Release date	8 December 1966;
Running time	102 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

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Press for Time is a 1966 British comedy film directed by Robert Asher and starring Norman Wisdom.^[1] The screenplay was written by Eddie Leslie and Wisdom, based on the 1963 novel Yea Yea Yea, by Angus McGill. It was partly filmed in Teignmouth in Devon. It was the last film Wisdom made for the Rank Organisation.

Plot

Norman Shields is a newspaper seller in London, a job organised for him by his grandfather, the Prime Minister. After causing chaos. he is found a new job as reporter on a newspaper in the fictional seaside town of Tinmouth (partly filmed in the real seaside town of Teignmouth). The newspaper owner, an MP, has ambitions to become a junior minister and so goes along with the Prime Minister's 'request'.

During his time in Tinmouth, the well-meaning Norman gets himself into all sorts of trouble whilst reporting, such as starting an argument at a council meeting which develops into an all-out fight between members. He later becomes the reporter for the entertainment section of the newspaper, covering a beauty contest which his girlfriend Liz wins. They later return to London together, leaving a more politically settled Tinmouth behind.

Cast

Norman Wisdom as Norman Shields / Emily, his mother / Wilfred, his grandfather (the P.M.)
Derek Bond as Major R.E. Bartlett
Derek Francis as Alderman Corcoran
Angela Browne as Eleanor Lampton
Tracey Crisp as Ruby Fairchild
Allan Cuthbertson as Mr. Ballard (Attorney General)
Noel Dyson as Mrs. Corcoran
Peter Jones as Robin Willoughby (photographer)
David Lodge as Mr. Ross (editor of the Tinmouth Times)
Stanley Unwin as Mr. Nottage (Town Clerk)
Frances White as Liz Corcoran
Michael Balfour as Sewerman
Tony Selby as Harry Marshall (reporter for the County Chronicle)
Michael Bilton as Councilor Hedge
Norman Pitt as Councilor Quilter
Hazel Coppen as Granny Fork
Totti Truman Taylor as Mrs. Doe Connor
Toni Gilpin as P.M.'s secretary
Gordon Rollings as Bus Conductor
Imogen Hassall as Suffragette (uncredited)
Helen Mirren as Penelope Squires (uncredited)

Reception

Critical

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Relentlessly dispiriting Norman Wisdom comedy featuring the usual round of crude slapstick as the little man with the big heart pits himself against the rest of the world and wreaks havoc in his every endeavour with only a single dogged heroine to stand loyally by his side. Every situation is milked for all it has and more (Norman can hardly enter a public lavatory without emerging from the wrong side), and Wisdom duly takes his customary plunge into pathos by unwittingly delivering a plea for good-natured reason in front of his stunned tormentors. Wisdom's comedies are evidently designed to provide inoffensive fun and games for all and sundry; but even his admirers may find his impersonations (in sepia-tinted flashback) of a screaming suffragette and a stumbling octogenarian Prime Minister a trifle embarrassing."^[2]

Box office

It was one of the twelve most popular films at the British box office in 1967.^[3]

References

^ "Press for Time". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
^ "Press for Time". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 34 (396): 12. 1 January 1967 – via ProQuest.
^ "Sean Connery tops the bill again". The Guardian Journal. 30 December 1967. p. 6.

External links

Press for Time at IMDb
Press for Time then-and-now location photographs at ReelStreets

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[BFIsearch-1] "Press for Time". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 23 July 2024.

[2] "Press for Time". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 34 (396): 12. 1 January 1967 – via ProQuest.

[3] "Sean Connery tops the bill again". The Guardian Journal. 30 December 1967. p. 6.

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-'''''Press for Time''''' is a 1966 British comedy film starring [[Norman Wisdom]]. The screenplay was written by Eddie Leslie and Norman Wisdom, based on the 1963 novel ''Yea Yea Yea'', by [[Angus McGill]]. It was partly filmed in [[Teignmouth]] in [[Devon]]. It was the last film Wisdom made for the [[Rank Organisation]].
+'''''Press for Time''''' is a 1966 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Robert Asher (director)|Robert Asher]] and starring [[Norman Wisdom]].<ref name="BFIsearch">{{Cite web |title=Press for Time |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150064294 |access-date=23 July 2024 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}}</ref> The screenplay was written by [[Eddie Leslie]] and Wisdom, based on the 1963 novel ''Yea Yea Yea'', by [[Angus McGill]]. It was partly filmed in [[Teignmouth]] in [[Devon]]. It was the last film Wisdom made for the [[Rank Organisation]].
 == Plot ==
-Norman Shields (Norman Wisdom) is a local newspaper seller in London. He is happy with his current job, but is sent by his grandfather, the Prime Minister (also played by Wisdom), to take up a new job as a newspaper reporter in the fictional seaside town of Tinmouth.
+Norman Shields is a [[newspaper]] seller in London, a job organised for him by his grandfather, the Prime Minister. After causing chaos. he is found a new job as reporter on a newspaper in the fictional seaside town of Tinmouth (partly filmed in the real seaside town of [[Teignmouth]]). The newspaper owner, an MP, has ambitions to become a junior minister and so goes along with the Prime Minister's 'request'.
-During his time in Tinmouth he gets himself into all sorts of trouble while on the job reporting (starting an argument at a council meeting, for example). Later in the film he becomes reporter for the entertainment section of the newspaper and covers a beauty contest which his girlfriend Liz wins. They later return to London together, leaving a more politically settled Tinmouth behind.
+During his time in Tinmouth, the well-meaning Norman gets himself into all sorts of trouble whilst reporting, such as starting an argument at a council meeting which develops into an all-out fight between members. He later becomes the reporter for the entertainment section of the newspaper, covering a beauty contest which his girlfriend Liz wins. They later return to London together, leaving a more politically settled Tinmouth behind.
 == Cast ==
-*[[Norman Wisdom]] as Norman Shields/ Emily, his mother/ Wilfred, his grandfather (the P.M.)
+*[[Norman Wisdom]] as Norman Shields / Emily, his mother / Wilfred, his grandfather (the P.M.)
 *[[Derek Bond]] as Major R.E. Bartlett
 *[[Derek Francis]] as Alderman Corcoran
-*Angela Browne as Eleanor Lampton
+*[[Angela Browne]] as Eleanor Lampton
 *Tracey Crisp as Ruby Fairchild
 *[[Allan Cuthbertson]] as Mr. Ballard (Attorney General)
 *[[Noel Dyson]] as Mrs. Corcoran
 *[[Peter Jones (actor)|Peter Jones]] as Robin Willoughby (photographer)
-*[[David Lodge (actor)|David Lodge]] as Mr. Ross (editor of the "Tinmouth Times")
+*[[David Lodge (actor)|David Lodge]] as Mr. Ross (editor of the ''Tinmouth Times'')
 *[[Stanley Unwin (comedian)|Stanley Unwin]] as Mr. Nottage (Town Clerk)
-*[[Frances White]] as Liz Corcoran
+*[[Frances White (actress)|Frances White]] as Liz Corcoran
-*Michael Balfour as Sewerman
+*[[Michael Balfour (actor)|Michael Balfour]] as Sewerman
-*[[Tony Selby]] as Harry Marshall (reporter for the "County Chronicle")
+*[[Tony Selby]] as Harry Marshall (reporter for the ''County Chronicle'')
-*[[Michael Bilton]]
+*[[Michael Bilton]] as Councilor Hedge
-*Norman Pitt
+*Norman Pitt as Councilor Quilter
 *Hazel Coppen as Granny Fork
 *[[Totti Truman Taylor]] as Mrs. Doe Connor
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 *[[Gordon Rollings]] as Bus Conductor
 *[[Imogen Hassall]] as Suffragette (uncredited)
+*[[Helen Mirren]] as Penelope Squires (uncredited)
+==Reception==
+=== Critical ===
+''[[The Monthly Film Bulletin]]'' wrote: "Relentlessly dispiriting Norman Wisdom comedy featuring the usual round of crude slapstick as the little man with the big heart pits himself against the rest of the world and wreaks havoc in his every endeavour with only a single dogged heroine to stand loyally by his side. Every situation is milked for all it has and more (Norman can hardly enter a public lavatory without emerging from the wrong side), and Wisdom duly takes his customary plunge into pathos by unwittingly delivering a plea for good-natured reason in front of his stunned tormentors. Wisdom's comedies are evidently designed to provide inoffensive fun and games for all and sundry; but even his admirers may find his impersonations (in sepia-tinted flashback) of a screaming suffragette and a stumbling octogenarian Prime Minister a trifle embarrassing."<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1 January 1967 |title=Press for Time |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1305826824/710E538954164A52PQ/1 |journal=[[The Monthly Film Bulletin]] |volume=34 |issue=396 |pages=12 |via=ProQuest}}</ref>
+=== Box office ===
+It was one of the twelve most popular films at the British box office in 1967.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/881759296/?terms=%22motion%20picture%20herald%22%20survey%20box&match=1|newspaper=The Guardian Journal|date=30 December 1967|page= 6|title=Sean Connery tops the bill again}}</ref>
+==References==
+{{reflist}}
 ==External links==
 *{{IMDb title|id=0060857|title=Press for Time}}
+*[https://www.reelstreets.com/films/press-for-time-2/ ''Press for Time''] then-and-now location photographs at [https://www.reelstreets.com/ ReelStreets]
 [[Category:1966 films]]
-[[Category:1960s comedy films]]
+[[Category:1966 comedy films]]
-[[Category:British films]]
 [[Category:British comedy films]]
 [[Category:Films directed by Robert Asher]]
+[[Category:Films set in Devon]]
+[[Category:Films set in London]]
-{{1960s-comedy-film-stub}}
+[[Category:Films shot in Devon]]
+[[Category:1960s English-language films]]
+[[Category:1960s British films]]
+[[Category:Films scored by Mike Vickers]]
+[[Category:Films based on British novels]]
+[[Category:Films about journalists]]
+{{1960s-UK-comedy-film-stub}}