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The Square Peg

(1958)

December 4, 1958 1h 29m
65%
TMDB Score

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

John Paddy Carstairs

Director

Top Billed Cast

NW

Norman Wisdom

Private Norman Pitkin / General Otto Schreiber

HB

Honor Blackman

Junior Commander Lesley Cartland

EC

Edward Chapman

Private Wilfred Grimsdale

CS

Campbell Singer

Sergeant Loder

HJ

Hattie Jacques

Gretchen

BW

Brian Worth

Henri Le Blanc

TA

Terence Alexander

Captain Wharton

JW

John Warwick

Colonel Layton

AB

Arnold Bell

General Hunt

VB

Victor Beaumont

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