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If you're reckless enough to follow the plot of this Norman Wisdom comedy, you'll find faint echoes of Singin' in the Rain - very faint. Wisdom plays the tailor's assistant who unknowingly provides a singing voice for celebrity Jerry Desmonde to mime to, but he receives no reward for his services. Norman's humour knows no restraint or timing, which makes him schmaltzily tedious, especially as he can only sing in the presence of his girlfriend June Laverick, who's in a wheelchair. On the plus side, he has wonderful backing from British stalwarts such as Hattie Jacques, John Le Mesurier, Richard Wattis and Fenella Fielding.