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