The Square Peg
Overview
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
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- The Rank Organisation
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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
André Maranne
Jean-Claude
Frank Williams
Captain Ford
Richard Marner
German Officer
John G. Heller
German Officer at Gatepost
Roger Avon
Workman (uncredited)
Martin Boddey
Colonel (uncredited)
Jim Brady
Mr. Fred Ferndale (uncredited)
Terence Cooper
Paratrooper (uncredited)
Robert Desmond
Sentry (uncredited)
Robert Gillespie
German Soldier (uncredited)
Harold Goodwin
Workman (uncredited)
Fred Griffiths
Lorry Driver (uncredited)
Gordon Harris
Corporal (uncredited)
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- Director
- John Paddy Carstairs
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