The Square Peg
The Square Peg
Release: 1958-12-04
·Runtime: 89m
·★ 6.5
War
Comedy
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
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
The Rank Organisation
Cast
Martin Boddey
as Colonel (uncredited)
André Maranne
as Jean-Claude
Brian Wilde
as New Recruit (uncredited)
Hattie Jacques
as Gretchen
Jim Brady
as Mr. Fred Ferndale (uncredited)
Honor Blackman
as Junior Commander Lesley Cartland
Harold Goodwin
as Workman (uncredited)
Fred Griffiths
as Lorry Driver (uncredited)
Jim McManus
as New Recruit (uncredited)
Ian Wilson
as Extra (uncredited)
Terence Alexander
as Captain Wharton
Edward Chapman
as Private Wilfred Grimsdale
Victor Maddern
as Motor Pool Corporal (uncredited)
Oliver Reed
as (uncredited)
Frank Williams
as Captain Ford
John G. Heller
as German Officer at Gatepost
Norman Wisdom
as Private Norman Pitkin / General Otto Schreiber
Terence Cooper
as Paratrooper (uncredited)
Robert Desmond
as Sentry (uncredited)
Gordon Harris
as Corporal (uncredited)
Richard Marner
as German Officer
Richard Warner
as (uncredited)
Campbell Singer
as Sergeant Loder
Brian Worth
as Henri Le Blanc
Roger Avon
as Workman (uncredited)
Robert Gillespie
as German Soldier (uncredited)
