
The Square Peg
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
Release Date: 1958-12-04
War
Comedy
★★★★★★★★★★ (27 votes)
Casts

Norman Wisdom
as Norman Pitkin / General Schreiber

Edward Chapman
as Mr Grimsdale

Honor Blackman
as Lesley Cartland

Campbell Singer
as Sergeant Loder

Hattie Jacques
as Gretchen

Brian Worth
as Henri Le Blanc

Frank Williams
as Captain Ford

Terence Alexander
as Captain Wharton

John Warwick
as Colonel Layton

Robert Desmond
as Sentry (uncredited)