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Follow a Star1959

★6.2102 minComedyMusic

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.

Director

Writer

Jack Davis Henry Blyth Norman Wisdom

Stars

Norman Wisdom June Laverick Jerry Desmonde

Cast66

Norman Wisdom
as Norman Truscott
June Laverick
as Judy
Jerry Desmonde
as Mr. Vernon Carew
Hattie Jacques
as Miss Dymphna Dobson
Richard Wattis
as Dr. W. Chatterway
E
Eddie Leslie
as Harold Franklin
John Le Mesurier
as Birkett
Sydney Tafler
as Pendlebury
F
Fenella Fielding
as Lady Arabella Finchington
Charles Heslop
as General
Joe Melia
as Stage Manager
Ron Moody
as Violinist
A
Alan Beaton
as Club Member (uncredited)
B
Barbara Bennett
as Lady in Theatre (uncredited)
P
Paul Beradi
as Party Guest (uncredited)
E
Eddie Boyce
as Theatre Patron (uncredited)
Richard Caldicot
as Conductor (uncredited)
P
Pauline Chamberlain
as Showgirl (uncredited)
V
Vic Chapman
as Stagehand (uncredited)
P
Peggy Ann Clifford
as Offended Lady at Party (uncredited)
Jess Conrad
as Theatre Heckler (uncredited)
Pat Coombs
as Simpering Girl in Theatre (uncredited)
D
Dan Cressey
as Party Guest (uncredited)
F
Fred Davis
as Club Member (uncredited)
Dick Emery
as Inebriated Party Guest (uncredited)
M
Mabel Etherington
as Lady in Theatre (uncredited)
P
Peter Evans
as Party Guest (uncredited)
K
Keith Faulkner
as Theatre Heckler (uncredited)
N
Norman Fisher
as Club Member (uncredited)
T
Tex Fuller
as Stagehand (uncredited)
A
Arthur Goodman
as Club Member (uncredited)
Charles Gray
as Taciturn Man at Party (uncredited)
P
Patrick Halpin
as Party Guest (uncredited)
V
Victor Harrington
as Diner in Club (uncredited)
R
Renee Heimer
as Party Guest (uncredited)
J
Jack Hetherington
as Club Member (uncredited)
Glyn Houston
as Fred (uncredited)
J
Juba Kennerley
as Club Member (uncredited)
D
Dilys Laye
as Poochie-Pie's Owner (uncredited)
D
Dickey Luck
as Stagehand (uncredited)
M
Martin Lyder
as Man in Street (uncredited)
Edie Martin
as Old Lady (uncredited)
G
Guy Mills
as Club Member (uncredited)
C
Cecil Paul
as Man in Theatre (uncredited)
J
Joe Phelps
as Palladium Technician (uncredited)
Robert Raglan
as Policeman (uncredited)
B
Bob Raymond
as Club Member (uncredited)
J
Joe Ritchie
as Club Member (uncredited)
G
George Roderick
as Theatre Manager (uncredited)
B
Bess Rogers
as Party Guest (uncredited)
R
Rita Royce
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
B
Bunny Seaman
as Party Guest (uncredited)
J
John Smart
as Party Guest (uncredited)
P
Philip Stewart
as Club Member (uncredited)
Marianne Stone
as (uncredited)
F
Fred Stroud
as Man in Street (uncredited)
R
Reg Thomason
as Theatre Patron (uncredited)
L
Laura Thurlow
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
H
Harry Van Engel
as Man in Street (uncredited)
P
Pearl Walters
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Michael Ward
as Bit Role (uncredited)
E
Eric Wetherell
as Man in Street (uncredited)
J
John Wilder
as Party Guest (uncredited)
S
Sheree Winton
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
J
Jaqui Wisdom
as Girl Having Piano Lesson (uncredited)
N
Nick Wisdom
as Boy Having Piano Lesson (uncredited)

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