The Square Peg
1958, Film, 85 min, Comedy, War, English, United Kingdom, MoviePedia score 65
Norman Pitkin and Mr Grimsdale are council workmen mending the road outside an Army base when they come into conflict with the military. Shortly afterwards, they get drafted and fall into the clutches of the Sergeant they have just bested. They are sent to France to repair roads in front of the Allied advance but get captured. Pitkin takes advantage of a useful similarity to impersonate General Schreiber and manages to return a hero
Directed by John Paddy Carstairs
Cast
- Norman Wisdom as General Schreiber
- Honor Blackman as Lesley Cartland
- Edward Chapman as Mr. Grimsdale
- Campbell Singer as Sergeant Loder
- Hattie Jacques as Gretchen
- Brian Worth as Henri Le Blanc
- Terence Alexander as Captain Wharton
- John Warwick as Colonel Layton
- Arnold Bell as General Hunt
- Victor Beaumont as Jogenkraut
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