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