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The Square Peg

The Square Peg

IMDB:

6.5
The Square Peg

Released

12/4/1958

Duration

1h 29m

Genre

War, Comedy

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

Norman Wisdom, Honor Blackman, Edward Chapman

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

Cast

Norman Wisdom

Private Norman Pitkin / General Otto Schreiber

Norman Wisdom

Honor Blackman

Junior Commander Lesley Cartland

Honor Blackman

Edward Chapman

Private Wilfred Grimsdale

Edward Chapman

Campbell Singer

Sergeant Loder

Campbell Singer

Hattie Jacques

Gretchen

Hattie Jacques

Brian Worth

Henri Le Blanc

Brian Worth

Terence Alexander

Captain Wharton

Terence Alexander

John Warwick

Colonel Layton

John Warwick

Arnold Bell

General Hunt

Arnold Bell

Victor Beaumont

Jogenkraut

Victor Beaumont

André Maranne

Jean-Claude

André Maranne

Frank Williams

Captain Ford

Frank Williams