The Square Peg
04/12/1958
1h 29m
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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
John Warwick
Colonel Layton
Arnold Bell
General Hunt
Victor Beaumont
Jogenkraut
André Maranne
Jean-Claude
Frank Williams
Captain Ford
Eddie Leslie
Medical Officer
Richard Marner
German Officer
John G. Heller
German Officer at Gatepost
Roger Avon
Workman (uncredited)
William Baskiville
German Officer (uncredited)
Jim Beasley
British Solider (uncredited)
Alan Beaton
Lieutenant Colonel Bill (uncredited)
Martin Boddey
Colonel (uncredited)
Jim Brady
Mr. Fred Ferndale (uncredited)
Aza Caralova
Café Patron (uncredited)
Alf Casha
Café Patron (uncredited)
Jimmy Charters
Mr. Harry Hoylake (uncredited)
Michael Collins
Airman Handing Out Tea (uncredited)
Mike Conner
German Soldier (uncredited)
Terence Cooper
Paratrooper (uncredited)
Dan Cressey
German Soldier (uncredited)
Robert Desmond
Sentry (uncredited)
Ernest Fennemore
New Recruit (uncredited)
Chick Fowles
German Sentry (uncredited)
Frank Fry
New Recruit (uncredited)
Robert Gillespie
German Soldier (uncredited)
Harold Goodwin
Workman (uncredited)
Fred Griffiths
Lorry Driver (uncredited)
Aidan Harrington
German Soldier (uncredited)
Gordon Harris
Corporal (uncredited)
Derek Holmes
Medical Corporal (uncredited)
Lindsay Hooper
German Soldier (uncredited)
Barry Johns
Paratrooper (uncredited)
Dickey Luck
Paratrooper (uncredited)
Victor Maddern
Motor Pool Corporal (uncredited)
Terence Maidment
Paratrooper (uncredited)
Vicky Marshall
WRAC (uncredited)
Sheila McGibbon
Annie McQuillan (uncredited)
Jim McManus
New Recruit (uncredited)
Geremy Phillips
Soldier (uncredited)
Oliver Reed
(uncredited)
Frank Schock
Café Patron (uncredited)
Arnold Schulkes
German Soldier (uncredited)
George Spence
Mr. Charles Fenton Hopkins (uncredited)
Hazel Sutton
Blonde (uncredited)
Jack Taylor
Paratrooper in Pub (uncredited)
Reg Thomason
German Sentry (uncredited)
Richard Warner
(uncredited)
Brian Wilde
New Recruit (uncredited)
Ian Wilson
Extra (uncredited)
Stephen Zammit
New Recruit (uncredited)
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