Man of the Moment

Duration: 85 min

Release date: 1955-11-24

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Norman is a file clerk who accidentally becomes a British delegate to a diplomatic conference, befriends the queen of a remote island, and winds up a knight. Norman leaves rooms in shambles, tailors in shreds, and diplomats in bandages. Chased by gunmen and assassins of foreign powers, Norman finds himself running through active TV studio sets and interrupts various programs and performances in progress

Comedy

Man of the Moment

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as British Delegate

as King of Tawaki

Violet Farebrother

Violet Farebrother

as Queen of Tawaki

as Swiss Tailor

Cyril Chamberlain

Cyril Chamberlain

as British Delegate

Beverley Brooks

Beverley Brooks

as Photographer

as Russian Delegate (uncredited)

as Delegate (uncredited)

as Waitress (uncredited)

as (uncredited)

as Clapper Boy (uncredited)

Christopher Beeny

Christopher Beeny

as Lennie Grove (uncredited)

as Conference Official (uncredited)

as Airline Passenger (uncredited)

as Guest (uncredited)

as Jack Grove (uncredited)

as Russian Official (uncredited)

as Actor in Play / Boat Passenger (uncredited)

as Tailor's Assistant (uncredited)

Pauline Chamberlain

Pauline Chamberlain

as Stage Performer (uncredited)

Alexis Chesnakov

Alexis Chesnakov

as Russian General (uncredited)

as Tawaki Delegate (uncredited)

Peggy Ann Clifford

Peggy Ann Clifford

as Chambermaid (uncredited)

Maurice Colbourne

Maurice Colbourne

as British General (uncredited)

as Assistant Director (uncredited)

as Hotel Staff (uncredited)

as Miguel (uncredited)

as Guest (uncredited)

as Actor in Greek Play (uncredited)

as Embassy Guest (uncredited)

as Hotel Porter (uncredited)

as (uncredited)

as Embassy Guest (uncredited)

as Bodyguard (uncredited)

as Daphne Grove (uncredited)

as Police Constable (uncredited)

as Gladys Grove (uncredited)

as Liftman (uncredited)

Mabel Etherington

Mabel Etherington

as Guest (uncredited)

as Bob Grove (uncredited)

as Conference Official (uncredited)

as Ministry Official (uncredited)

as Guest (uncredited)

as Pilot (uncredited)

as Embassy Guest / Fashion Show Assistant (uncredited)

Muriel Greenslade

Muriel Greenslade

as Airline Passenger (uncredited)

as American Delegate (uncredited)

as American Delegate (uncredited)

as Self (uncredited)

Charles Hawtrey

Charles Hawtrey

as Play Director (uncredited)

as Guest (uncredited)

Robert Henderson

Robert Henderson

as American General (uncredited)

Laurence Hepworth

Laurence Hepworth

as Delegate (uncredited)

as Swedish Delegate (uncredited)

as Chinese Delegate (uncredited)

MacDonald Hobley

MacDonald Hobley

as Self (uncredited)

George Holdcroft

George Holdcroft

as Embassy Guest / Café Patron (uncredited)

as Swiss Customs Official (uncredited)

as Pageboy (uncredited)

Gordon Humphries

Gordon Humphries

as Hotel Guest (uncredited)

as Airline Passenger (uncredited)

as Soundman / Actor in Greek Play (uncredited)

as Film Technician (uncredited)

as Woman at Swiss Airport (uncredited)

Frederick Kelsey

Frederick Kelsey

as Minister (uncredited)

as Secretary (uncredited)

Leonard Llewellyn

Leonard Llewellyn

as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

as Stagehand (uncredited)

as Airline Passenger (uncredited)

Jack Mandeville

Jack Mandeville

as Minister (uncredited)

as Café Waiter (uncredited)

as Boat Passenger / Guest (uncredited)

as Police Sergeant (uncredited)

Andre Mikhelson

Andre Mikhelson

as Russian Delegate (uncredited)

as Delegate / Sir Humphrey Griffiths (uncredited)

as Fashion Show Patron (uncredited)

as Russian Officer (uncredited)

as American Delegate (uncredited)

as Embassy Guest (uncredited)

as TV Director (uncredited)

as Hotel Porter (uncredited)

as French Delegate (uncredited)

as Airline Passenger / American Delegate (uncredited)

as Russian Officer (uncredited)

as Brodnian Delegate (uncredited)

as Bearded Delegate (uncredited)

as Granny Grove (uncredited)

Arthur Sandifer

Arthur Sandifer

as Russian Delegate (uncredited)

Stuart Saunders

Stuart Saunders

as Police Constable Outside Ministry (uncredited)

Gerik Schjelderup

Gerik Schjelderup

as Conference Chairman (uncredited)

as Fabian of the Yard (uncredited)

as American Delegate (uncredited)

as Photographer (uncredited)

as Hotel Guest (uncredited)

as British Delegate (uncredited)

as Onlooker (uncredited)

Charles Stevenson

Charles Stevenson

as Man in Crowd (uncredited)

as Downing Street Policeman

as Florrie (uncredited)

as Pat Grove (uncredited)

Graham Tonbridge

Graham Tonbridge

as Conference Official (uncredited)

as Airline Passenger (uncredited)

as Self (uncredited)

as Embassy Guest (uncredited)

Christopher Warbey

Christopher Warbey

as Pageboy (uncredited)

as Delegate (uncredited)

as Delegate (uncredited)

as Extra (uncredited)

as Woman in Crowd (uncredited)

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John Paddy Carstairs

John Paddy Carstairs

Vernon Sylvaine

Vernon Sylvaine

John Paddy Carstairs

John Paddy Carstairs

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