The Square Peg

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

Genre : WarComedy

Runtime : 89 mins

Release Date : 1958-12-04

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Cast

Norman Wisdom
Norman Wisdom

(Private Norman Pitkin / General Otto Schreiber)

Honor Blackman
Honor Blackman

(Junior Commander Lesley Cartland)

Edward Chapman
Edward Chapman

(Private Wilfred Grimsdale)

Campbell Singer
Campbell Singer

(Sergeant Loder)

Hattie Jacques
Hattie Jacques

(Gretchen)

Brian Worth
Brian Worth

(Henri Le Blanc)

Terence Alexander
Terence Alexander

(Captain Wharton)

John Warwick

(Colonel Layton)

Arnold Bell

(General Hunt)

Victor Beaumont

(Jogenkraut)

André Maranne
André Maranne

(Jean-Claude)

Frank Williams
Frank Williams

(Captain Ford)

Eddie Leslie

(Medical Officer)

Richard Marner
Richard Marner

(German Officer)

John G. Heller
John G. Heller

(German Officer at Gatepost)

Roger Avon
Roger Avon

(Workman (uncredited))

William Baskiville

(German Officer (uncredited))

Jim Beasley

(British Solider (uncredited))

Alan Beaton

(Lieutenant Colonel Bill (uncredited))

Martin Boddey
Martin Boddey

(Colonel (uncredited))

Jim Brady
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
Terence Cooper

(Paratrooper (uncredited))

Dan Cressey

(German Soldier (uncredited))

Robert Desmond
Robert Desmond

(Sentry (uncredited))

Ernest Fennemore

(New Recruit (uncredited))

Chick Fowles

(German Sentry (uncredited))

Frank Fry

(New Recruit (uncredited))

Robert Gillespie
Robert Gillespie

(German Soldier (uncredited))

Harold Goodwin
Harold Goodwin

(Workman (uncredited))

Fred Griffiths
Fred Griffiths

(Lorry Driver (uncredited))

Aidan Harrington

(German Soldier (uncredited))

Gordon Harris
Gordon Harris

(Corporal (uncredited))

Derek Holmes

(Medical Corporal (uncredited))

Lindsay Hooper

(German Soldier (uncredited))

Barry Johns

(Paratrooper (uncredited))

Dickey Luck

(Paratrooper (uncredited))

Victor Maddern
Victor Maddern

(Motor Pool Corporal (uncredited))

Terence Maidment

(Paratrooper (uncredited))

Vicky Marshall

(WRAC (uncredited))

Sheila McGibbon

(Annie McQuillan (uncredited))

Jim McManus
Jim McManus

(New Recruit (uncredited))

Geremy Phillips

(Soldier (uncredited))

Oliver Reed
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
Richard Warner

((uncredited))

Brian Wilde
Brian Wilde

(New Recruit (uncredited))

Ian Wilson
Ian Wilson

(Extra (uncredited))

Stephen Zammit

(New Recruit (uncredited))

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