Walter Pinner is the titular Punch And Judy Man plying his trade in the seaside town of Piltdown. Unhappily married to his social climbing wife, who gets him to perform at the 60th Anniversary celebrations of the town in front of all the local dignitaries, his hatred of snobbery comes to a hilarious head.

• Associated British Picture Corporation
• Tony Hancock
• Sylvia Syms
• Ronald Fraser
• Barbara Murray
• John Le Mesurier
• Eddie Byrne
• Mario Fabrizi
• Hattie Jacques