
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

John G. Heller
German Officer at Gatepost

Gordon Harris
Corporal (uncredited)

Jim McManus
New Recruit (uncredited)

Brian Wilde
New Recruit (uncredited)

Edward Chapman
Private Wilfred Grimsdale

Jim Brady
Mr. Fred Ferndale (uncredited)

Roger Avon
Workman (uncredited)

Hattie Jacques
Gretchen

Terence Cooper
Paratrooper (uncredited)

Robert Desmond
Sentry (uncredited)

Fred Griffiths
Lorry Driver (uncredited)

Norman Wisdom
Private Norman Pitkin / General Otto Schreiber

Campbell Singer
Sergeant Loder

Terence Alexander
Captain Wharton

Frank Williams
Captain Ford

Victor Maddern
Motor Pool Corporal (uncredited)

Oliver Reed
(uncredited)

Ian Wilson
Extra (uncredited)

André Maranne
Jean-Claude

Harold Goodwin
Workman (uncredited)

Brian Worth
Henri Le Blanc

Richard Marner
German Officer

Robert Gillespie
German Soldier (uncredited)

Honor Blackman
Junior Commander Lesley Cartland

Martin Boddey
Colonel (uncredited)

Richard Warner
(uncredited)