Jerry Desmonde

Jerry Desmonde Trailers

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Jerry Desmonde (20 July 1908 - 11 February 1967) was an English stage musical, film, and television actor principally in comedies and drama. He is probably best known as a straight man to Norman Wisdom. Jerry is sometimes credited as Jerry Desmond.

Most Popular Jerry Desmonde Trailers

Total trailers found: 23

The Perfect Woman Trailer (1949)

23 May 1949

In need of cash, Roger Cavendish and his valet take a job escorting the perfect woman for a night on the town.

Cardboard Cavalier Trailer (1949)

31 March 1949

A historical romance between Lord Lovelace and Nell Gwynn. In Cromwellian England, royalists commission a barrow boy to carry a secret letter.

Stolen Hours Trailer (1963)

02 October 1963

A woman diagnosed with a brain tumor falls in love with her doctor.

Alf's Baby Trailer (1953)

01 February 1953

Three old bachelors 'inherit' an orphan baby, Pam, who is pursued by a car-stealing spiv after she turns 21.

The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp Trailer (1954)

09 September 1954

An angel finds that she needs money to fulfill her mission on Earth. Her only solution to this problem is to pawn her harp.

The Fabulous Oliver Chantry Trailer (1953)

13 December 1953

A newspaper columnist, critic and novelist suddenly becomes caretaker to an infant boy left by his parents who are being deported for what turns out to be a silly miscommunication of the English language.

Follow a Star Trailer (1959)

01 January 1959

Norman Truscott is a store worker who dreams of stardom. Vernon Carew is a singer whose star is fading.

Just My Luck Trailer (1957)

14 November 1957

Norman works in a jewellers workshop and fantasises (in the nicest way) about meeting the window dresser across the road from his workshop.

The Beauty Jungle Trailer (1964)

25 August 1964

A Bristol typist joins the world of beauty contests.

The Early Bird Trailer (1965)

30 November 1965

Norman Pitkin is the assistant helping to run a small, old fashioned dairy which is threatened by a larger, modern organisation.

A King in New York Trailer (1957)

12 September 1957

A recently-deposed "Estrovian" monarch seeks shelter in New York City, where he becomes an accidental television celebrity.

A Kind of Loving Trailer (1962)

12 April 1962

As Vic Brown vacillates between infatuation and disinterest for his co-worker Ingrid Rothwell, she finds out that she is pregnant and Vic has to reconcile how he thought his life would go with what life actually has in store for him.

Malta Story Trailer (1953)

01 June 1953

Malta, 1942, during World War II. While the German air force is relentlessly bombing the island, a British pilot falls in love with a young Maltese girl.

Carry On Regardless Trailer (1961)

04 April 1961

After a bunch of no-hopers approaches an employment agency, the anarchy mounts as they do a series of odd jobs, including a chimp's tea party, trying to stay sober at a wine tasting… and demolishing a house.

A Stitch in Time Trailer (1963)

01 December 1963

An accident in the butchers shop leads Norman Pitkin and Mr Grimsdale to the hospital where, after causing the normal amount of chaos, Pitkin finds Lindy, a little girl who hasn't spoken or smiled since her parents were killed in an aeroplane accident.

Man of the Moment Trailer (1955)

24 November 1955

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.

Up in the World Trailer (1956)

06 December 1956

Norman is a window cleaner who has to clean a manor house with hundreds of windows. He is distracted by the son of the house who persuades him to go into town.

Trouble in Store Trailer (1953)

14 December 1953

Norman is working in the stock room of a large London department store, but he has ambition (doesn't he always !!), he wants to be a window dresser making up the public displays.

The Switch Trailer (1963)

01 May 1963

A wristwatch-smuggling gang bring watches into the country in a car's petrol tank. Poor Zena Marshall knows too much, so the gangs abducts her.

A Talent for Murder Trailer (1983)

19 December 1983

A famed mystery writer and her doctor ex-lover solve her daughter-in-law's murder.

Ramsbottom Rides Again Trailer (1956)

30 April 1956

Bill Ramsbottom sells his English pub and drags his family off to Canada where he has inherited a ranch from his grandfather Wild Bill Ramsbottom.

London Town Trailer (1946)

30 September 1946

Veteran music-hall entertainer Jerry Stanford a washed-up comedian hopes to stage a comeback in a glittering new revue.

Gonks Go Beat Trailer (1965)

24 May 1965

Bizarre sixties fable resembling Romeo and Juliet, but instead of Montagues and Capulets, there are two musical communities, one who like rock and roll and one who like ballads, who become reunited through the love between a couple who love across their grouping.