The Square Peg(1958)

Name: The Square Peg
Director: John Paddy Carstairs
Released: 1958-12-04
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Norman Wisdom, Honor Blackman, Edward Chapman, Campbell Singer, Hattie Jacques

12/04/1958 (US)War, Comedy1h 29m

6.5

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

Jack Davies

Screenplay

Henry Blyth

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Norman Wisdom

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Eddie Leslie

Screenplay