No one can say The Early Bird is Monty Python or Norman Wisdom is Peter Sellers and this film does look cheap and dated now, with the Consolidated Dairies building looking totally faked, but the film isn't without merit as Norman Wisdom is on form as a milkman who causes chaos wherever he goes.
The plot is classic Norman Wisdom playing the little guy standing up to a bigger opponent, in this case a milkman for a small dairy that Consolidated Dairies want to force out of business. Scenes such as the destruction of the dairy's headquarters, Wisdom eating an apple containing horse tranquilisers and hallucinating, and the scene with the motorised lawn mower are classic and timeless slapstick that owe quite a lot to Jerry Lewis. Also The Early Bird was Wisdom's first colour film and sadly his last major success.
Not one of Wisdom's best films, but a one that can always raise a laugh and has a great ending, even if it's cheaply made.
The plot is classic Norman Wisdom playing the little guy standing up to a bigger opponent, in this case a milkman for a small dairy that Consolidated Dairies want to force out of business. Scenes such as the destruction of the dairy's headquarters, Wisdom eating an apple containing horse tranquilisers and hallucinating, and the scene with the motorised lawn mower are classic and timeless slapstick that owe quite a lot to Jerry Lewis. Also The Early Bird was Wisdom's first colour film and sadly his last major success.
Not one of Wisdom's best films, but a one that can always raise a laugh and has a great ending, even if it's cheaply made.