The Square Peg
Release Date: 1958-12-04
Rating : 6.467/10
Duration : 89 minutes
Genres : War, Comedy
Director : John Paddy Carstairs
Writer : Jack Davies, Henry Blyth, Norman Wisdom, Eddie Leslie
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
Edward Chapman
Honor Blackman
Campbell Singer
Hattie Jacques
Brian Worth