
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
Director John Paddy Carstairs
Cast

Jim McManus
New Recruit (uncredited)

Ian Wilson
Extra (uncredited)

Campbell Singer
Sergeant Loder

Terence Alexander
Captain Wharton

Terence Cooper
Paratrooper (uncredited)

André Maranne
Jean-Claude

Robert Desmond
Sentry (uncredited)

Richard Marner
German Officer

Brian Wilde
New Recruit (uncredited)

Roger Avon
Workman (uncredited)

Harold Goodwin
Workman (uncredited)

Norman Wisdom
Private Norman Pitkin / General Otto Schreiber

Edward Chapman
Private Wilfred Grimsdale

John G. Heller
German Officer at Gatepost

Jim Brady
Mr. Fred Ferndale (uncredited)

Victor Maddern
Motor Pool Corporal (uncredited)

Robert Gillespie
German Soldier (uncredited)

Gordon Harris
Corporal (uncredited)

Brian Worth
Henri Le Blanc

Martin Boddey
Colonel (uncredited)

Fred Griffiths
Lorry Driver (uncredited)

Honor Blackman
Junior Commander Lesley Cartland

Frank Williams
Captain Ford

Oliver Reed
(uncredited)

Richard Warner
(uncredited)

Hattie Jacques
Gretchen