The Square Peg
The Square Peg
WarComedy

The Square Peg

1958
89 min
6.5
65.0%
User Score
(30 votes)

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

DIRECTED BY

Norman Wisdom

STARRING

Norman Wisdom, Honor Blackman, Edward Chapman, Campbell Singer, Hattie Jacques

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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