Norman went on to edit Carmen (1932), Why Saps Leave Home (1932), Lucky Girl (1932), The Maid of the Mountains (1932), and the comedy Timbuctoo (1933).

Then he returned to features: They Drive by Night (1938), Everything Happens to Me (1938) for director Roy William Neill, and The Nursemaid Who Disappeared (1938) for Arthur Woods.

In 1939, prior to joining the British Army, Norman co-directed with Anthony Hankey the thriller Too Dangerous to Live starring Sebastian Shaw and Anna Konstam.

In August 1945 he was deployed to Burma as part of a secret mission to test sonic warfare in the fight against the Japanese.

According to Norman director Harry Watt was not satisfied with the editing job done by Inman Hunter "so they asked me to take it over.

Norman had another hit with the war movie Dunkirk (1958) starring John Mills and Richard Attenborough.

[11] Norman made another trip to Australia, to produce and direct an adaptation of the play Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (1959), for Hecht Hill Lancaster.

[12] Norman directed an adaptation of The Long and the Short and the Tall (1961) for Michael Balcon's new company; it was commercially successful in England.

Less well received were Spare the Rod (1961) with Max Bygraves and Mix Me a Person (1962) with Donald Sinden and Adam Faith.

[3][2] Norman's son, Barry, was a prominent UK film critic and broadcaster, whilst his daughter, Valerie, is a script editor and director.