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{{short description|1953 film}}
{{About|a comedy film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Trouble in Store
| image = "Trouble_in_Store".jpg
| caption = Original British Quad poster
| director = [[John Paddy Carstairs]]
| writer = John Paddy Carstairs [[Maurice Cowan]] [[Ted Willis]] [[Jill Craigie]]
| producer = Maurice Cowan [[Earl St. John]]
| starring = [[Norman Wisdom]] [[Moira Lister]] [[Margaret Rutherford]]
| cinematography = [[Ernest Steward]]
| editing = [[Geoffrey Foot (film editor)|Geoffrey Foot]] Peter Seabourne
| music = [[Mischa Spoliansky]]
| studio = [[Two Cities Films]]
| distributor = [[General Film Distributors]] [[Republic Pictures]] {{small|(US)}}
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1953|12|14}}
| runtime = 85 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget = £125,000<ref>Geoffrey Macnab, ''J. Arthur Rank and the British Film Industry'', London, Routledge, 1993, p. 222</ref>
| gross =
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'''''Trouble in Store''''' is a 1953 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[John Paddy Carstairs]] and starring [[Norman Wisdom]] as a department store clerk in his cinema debut. The film also featured [[Moira Lister]], [[Margaret Rutherford]], [[Jerry Desmonde]] and [[Lana Morris]]. For his performance, Wisdom won a [[BAFTA Award]] for Most Promising Newcomer. Although it was shown at a [[West End of London|West End]] venue, the film broke box office records at 51 out of the 67 London cinemas in which it played.<ref>{{cite news|last=Pratt|first=Vic|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/488927/index.html|title=''Trouble In Store'' (1953)|publisher=BFI|work=Screenonline|date=2003–14|accessdate=16 September 2017}}</ref> The film was shot at [[Pinewood Studios]] with sets designed by the [[art director]] [[Alex Vetchinsky]]. It was released by [[Rank Organisation|Rank]]'s [[General Film Distributors]] and was later released in America by [[Republic Pictures]]. The film's success led to Wisdom appearing in a string of films for Rank beginning with ''[[One Good Turn (1955 film)|One Good Turn]]''.

==Plot==
Norman (Norman Wisdom), a lowly stock clerk at Burridge's department store, is in love with another employee, Sally Wilson ([[Lana Morris]]), though he has been unable to muster the courage to let her know how he feels. After he antagonizes the new head of the store, Augustus Freeman ([[Jerry Desmonde]]), he is promptly fired. On his way out, Norman helps Miss Bacon ([[Margaret Rutherford]]) carry her bulging suitcases, unaware that she is an audacious [[shoplifter]]. Freeman sees Norman assisting a "customer" and rehires him.

Meanwhile, Peggy Drew ([[Moira Lister]]), the store's personnel manager, flirts with Mr. Freeman, while plotting with her boyfriend Gerald ([[Derek Bond]]) to rob the place. Norman is fired and rehired again and again, as his escapades somehow manage to benefit the store. He also finally becomes acquainted with Sally, chasing her down through the city streets to return her handbag. His antics make her laugh.

After his latest firing, Norman is alarmed to find the handsome, suave Gerald trying to get to know Sally better. When he goes to the man's apartment to warn him to stay away from her, Norman inadvertently uncovers the robbery plot, scheduled to coincide with a big sale the next day. But, he is unable to get Sally or anyone else to take him seriously.

Sally eventually decides to bring Norman's story to the attention of the management, but tells the wrong person, Miss Drew, and is tied up for her efforts. Norman finds her and together, they foil the thieves. Freeman takes Norman back into his employ...but not for long.

==Cast==
*[[Norman Wisdom]] as Norman
*[[Lana Morris]] as Sally Wilson
*[[Moira Lister]] as Peggy Drew
*[[Jerry Desmonde]] as Augustus Freeman
*[[Derek Bond]] as Gerald
*[[Margaret Rutherford]] as Miss Bacon the shoplifter
*[[Megs Jenkins]] as Miss Gibson, Norman's loyal friend in the stockroom
*[[Michael Brennan (actor)|Michael Brennan]] as Davis
*[[Michael Ward (actor)|Michael Ward]] as Wilbur
*[[Joan Sims]] as Edna
* [[Eddie Leslie]] as Bill
* Joan Ingram as Miss Denby
* [[Cyril Chamberlain]] as Alf
* [[Ronan O'Casey]] as Eddie
* [[Roddy Hughes]] as Taffy
* Graham Tonbridge as Mr. Graham - Department Head
*[[Esma Cannon]] as Woman at cafe

==Production==
[[Jill Craigie]] wrote the first draft of the script, but reportedly asked that her name be removed from the credits after learning of Wisdom's participation.<ref>Tom Vallance [https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituaries-jill-craigie-1132511.html Obituary:Jill Craigie], ''The Independent'', 15 December 1999</ref>

==Reception==
===Box office===
The film was the second most popular at the British box office in 1954.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27253063 |title=JOHN WAYNE HEADS BOX-OFFICE POLL. |newspaper=[[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury]] |location=Hobart, Tasmania |date=31 December 1954 |accessdate=24 April 2012 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/Screen_Volume_32_Issue_3/page/n17|magazine=Screen|page=259|volume=32|issue=3|title=The popular cash and culture in the postwar British cinema industry|first=Janet|last=Thumim}}</ref>

===Critical===
The ''[[Daily Mirror]]'' reviewer wrote of the film: "If you don't laugh at Norman's antics as the downtrodden worker in a big store, trying to get promotion as a window dresser, there is something wrong with your sense of fun".<ref>''Family Britain 1951–1957'' by [[David Kynaston]], Bloomsbury 2009, p. 353 {{ISBN|978-1-4088-0083-6}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{tcmdb title|93979}}
* {{IMDb title|0046464}}

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