Stars: Norman Wisdom, Honor Blackman, Edward Chapman, Hattie Jacques, Oliver Reed, June Laverick, Jerry Desmonde, Richard Wattis

Director: Robert Asher

Summary: In 'The Square Peg' Norman Pitkin joins the army to do his bit for the war effort. The antics start when his bosses realise he is the exact double of a high-ranking German officer. 'Follow A Star' tells of Norman's greatest wish, which is to become a popular singer, but his comic attempts to take centre stage hit all the wrong notes.

Norman Wisdom, one of British comedy's most enduring stars, plays the fumbling cloth-capped anti-hero in two of his classic films.
THE SQUARE PEG (1958) sees our man in the double-edged position of being--not Monty's double--but that of a German General!
In FOLLOW A STAR (1959) Norman plays a shy but talented singer who provides the voice for a fading star. Hattie Jacques and Richard Wattis are stars of the supporting cast.

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In The Square PegNorman Wisdom plays one of a pair of council workmen who, while repairing the road outside an army base, come to illustrate the oxymoronic nature of the phrase "military intelligence". Finding themselves drafted, the workmen are sent to repair the roads ahead of the Allied advance through war-torn Europe by the sergeant they previously embarrassed. Norman finds himself behind the German lines, joins up with French Resistance, gets captured then sets out to rescue British prisoners from a German military HQ by impersonating General Schreiber. Of course Wisdom plays Schreiber too. The Square Pegis the film that introduced Norman Wisdom's famous catch-phrase, "Mr. Grimsdale!". Also here Hattie Jacques gets to sing a remarkable duet with Wisdom, and a pre-GoldfingerHonor Blackman provides the love interest.

Following his rising star was just what Norman Wisdom's audience had been doing all through the 1950s and, by 1959, and after six films with director John Paddy Carstairs, it was time for a change. Hence Robert Asher made his directorial debut with Follow a Star. The plot is a comedy version of A Star is Born(1954), with Norman yet again playing a dreaming shop worker, this time aspiring to singing stardom. Vernon Carew (played by Wisdom regular Jerry Desmonde) is the fading singer who schemes to use Wisdom's talent to sustain his own rapidly failing career, while the girl is overlooked starlette June Laverick. Norman is surrounded by a particularly strong supporting cast, with Hattie Jacques returning from The Square Peg(1958), Richard Wattis, John Le Mesurier, Fenella Fielding, Ron Moody and, uncredited, future Bond villain Charles Grey. --Gary S Dalkin

Aspect Ratio:	4:3
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Theatrical Trailers
Year:	1958
Release Date:	May 12, 2003
Runtime:	184 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	37115 03573
Keywords:	Star, Comedy, General, Follow, Square, Peg
Genre:	Comedy