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{{Infobox film
| name = Follow a Star
| image_size =
| image = Follow a Star FilmPoster.jpeg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Robert Asher (director)|Robert Asher]]
| producer = [[Hugh Stewart (film editor)|Hugh Stewart]]
| writer = {{ubl|Henry Blyth|[[Jack Davies (screenwriter)|Jack Davies]]|[[Norman Wisdom]]}}
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|[[Norman Wisdom]]|[[June Laverick]]|[[Jerry Desmonde]]}}
| music = [[Philip Green (composer)|Philip Green]]
| cinematography = [[Jack Asher]]
| editing = Roger Cherrill
| studio = [[Rank Organisation]]
| distributor = J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors
| released = {{film date|df=y|1959|12|15|UK}}{{film date|df=y|1961|4|25|US}}
| runtime = 102 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
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'''''Follow a Star''''' is a 1959 British black and white [[comedy film]] directed by [[Robert Asher (director)|Robert Asher]] and starring [[Norman Wisdom]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6aa5f5f8|title=Follow a Star (1959)|website=BFI}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/follow-a-star-v91856|title=Follow a Star (1959) - Robert Asher | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie|via=www.allmovie.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/1017897/index.html|title=BFI Screenonline: Follow a Star (1959)|website=www.screenonline.org.uk}}</ref>

==Plot==
Norman Truscott works as a dry cleaner, but dreams of being a stage performer. To this end, he takes [[elocution]] and singing lessons with Miss Dobson, so far with little success. He is also in love with Judy, Miss Dobson's colleague, who teaches piano.

Norman goes to the theatre to see singing star Vernon Carew and causes chaos when he tries to join in the performance. But Carew realises that Norman's untrained voice is better that his own voice, which is fading rapidly, as is his popularity. On the pretext of offering Norman singing lessons, he secretly records Norman singing in the bath, and passes the recordings off as his own - miming to the recording on television. They are a success and Carew is a star again.

Miss Dobson realises what's happened and smuggles herself and Norman backstage during Carew's performance. She sees the record being played with Carew miming to it. She exposes him as a fake, again causing chaos onstage and backstage. Norman is persuaded to sing on stage and is acclaimed by the audience. But whilst they applaud him, he slips quietly away with Judy.

==Cast==
*[[Norman Wisdom]] as Norman Truscott
*[[June Laverick]] as Judy
*[[Jerry Desmonde]] as Vernon Carew
*[[Hattie Jacques]] as Dymphna Dobson
*[[Richard Wattis]] as Dr. Chatterway
*[[Eddie Leslie]] as Harold Franklin
*[[John Le Mesurier]] as Birkett
*[[Sydney Tafler]] as Pendlebury
*[[Fenella Fielding]] as Lady Finchington
*[[Charles Heslop]] as The General
*[[Joe Melia]] as Stage Manager
*[[Ron Moody]] as Violinist
*[[Dick Emery]] as Party Drunk
*[[Charles Gray (actor)|Charles Gray]] as Party Guest
*[[Dilys Laye]] as Girl in Park
*[[Peggy Anne Clifford]] as Offended Lady at Party (uncredited)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0052815}}
*[http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/1017897/index.html ''Follow a Star'' at BFI Screenonline]
* {{cite web | url= https://www.comedy.co.uk/film/follow_a_star/ | title= Follow a Star. 1959 British comedy film | work = British Comedy Guide (comedy.co.uk) | language= en |accessdate= 2021-02-20}}

[[Category:1959 films]]
[[Category:1959 comedy films]]
[[Category:British black-and-white films]]
[[Category:British comedy films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Robert Asher]]
[[Category:Films shot at Pinewood Studios]]
[[Category:1959 directorial debut films]]
[[Category:1960s English-language films]]
[[Category:1950s English-language films]]
[[Category:1950s British films]]
[[Category:1960s British films]]

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