A Stitch in Time

1963 PG-13 1h 29m

7.4 /10

Genre

Plot

An accident in the butchers shop leads Norman Pitkin and Mr Grimsdale to the hospital where, after causing the normal amount 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.

Director

Robert Asher

Writers

Jack Davies Norman Wisdom

Stars

Norman Wisdom Edward Chapman Jeanette Sterke

Cast & Crew

Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)

Workman with Mallet (uncredited)

Medical Student (uncredited)

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Ernest Blyth

Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)

Wallace Bosco

Patient (uncredited)

Ronnie Brody

Small Band Member (uncredited)

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Jill Carson

Nurse with Bouquet (uncredited)

Cyril Chamberlain

Bit Part (uncredited)

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Pauline Chamberlain

Dancing Woman (uncredited)

Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)

Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)

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George Curtis

Press Photographer (uncredited)

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Reggie de Beer

Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)

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Alistair Dick

Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)

Clifford Earl

TV Cameraman (uncredited)

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Peter Evans

Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)

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Lee Fenton

Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)

Michael Goodliffe

Doctor on Children's Ward (uncredited)

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Ursula Granville

Medical Student's Patient (uncredited)

Fred Griffiths

Lorry Driver (uncredited)

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Paul Grist

Medical Student (uncredited)

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Patrick Halpin

Onlooker (uncredited)

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George Hilsdon

Hospital Porter (uncredited)

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Gordon Humphries

Press Photographer (uncredited)

Joan Ingram

Woman Dropping Ice Cream (uncredited)

Wallet Thrower (uncredited)

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Benny Lee

Chauffeur (uncredited)

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John Lee

Police Constable (uncredited)

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Eddie Leslie

Band Member Playing Piccolo (uncredited)

Onlooker (uncredited)

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Arthur Lovegrove

Hotel Porter (uncredited)

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Fred Machon

Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)

Onlooker (uncredited)

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Julian Orchard

Man with Headache (uncredited)

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Cecil Paul

Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)

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Lionel Pope

Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)

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Bob Raymond

Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)

Milton Reid

The Mighty Chang (uncredited)

Cardew Robinson

Pinching Patient (uncredited)

Doug Robinson

Wrestler (uncredited)

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George Roderick

Kissing Patient (uncredited)

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Arnold Schulkes

Ambulance Officer (uncredited)

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Roy Seely

Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)

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John Smart

Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)

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George Spence

Egg Patient (uncredited)

Emile Stemmler

Medical Student's Patient (uncredited)

Marianne Stone

Mrs. Cutforth (uncredited)

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William F. Sully

Press Photographer (uncredited)

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Pat Symons

Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)

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Tony Thawnton

Ambulance Driver (uncredited)

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Rita Tobin-Weske

Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)

Totti Truman Taylor

Rich Woman Throwing Bracelet (uncredited)

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Harry Van Engel

Medical Student (uncredited)

Hospital Porter (uncredited)

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Pearl Walters

Sunshine Ball Guest (uncredited)

Jennifer White

Medical Student (uncredited)

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Paula Wright

Onlooker (uncredited)

User Reviews

Geronimo1967

5 Sep 2025

I have a fairly pathological hatred of dentists, and I can’t help but wonder whether screenings of this film on BBC2 in the early 1970s might have bee...

John Chard

2 Aug 2019

Pitkin Pandemonium at St. Godrics. A Stitch in Time is directed by Robert Asher and collectively written by Jack Davies, Norman Wisdom, Henry Blyth...