

The Square Peg
6.534 votes on TMDB1958Movie1h 29m
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
Cast

Norman Wisdom
Private Norman Pitkin / General Otto Schreiber

Honor Blackman
Junior Commander Lesley Cartland

Edward Chapman
Private Wilfred Grimsdale

Campbell Singer
Sergeant Loder

Hattie Jacques
Gretchen

Brian Worth
Henri Le Blanc

Terence Alexander
Captain Wharton
- J
John Warwick
Colonel Layton
- A
Arnold Bell
General Hunt
- V
Victor Beaumont
Jogenkraut

André Maranne
Jean-Claude

Frank Williams
Captain Ford
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