
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

Terence Cooper
Paratrooper (uncredited)

André Maranne
Jean-Claude

Roger Avon
Workman (uncredited)

Harold Goodwin
Workman (uncredited)

Ian Wilson
Extra (uncredited)

Richard Warner
(uncredited)

Norman Wisdom
Private Norman Pitkin / General Otto Schreiber

Honor Blackman
Junior Commander Lesley Cartland

Jim Brady
Mr. Fred Ferndale (uncredited)

Gordon Harris
Corporal (uncredited)

Oliver Reed
(uncredited)

Richard Marner
German Officer

Robert Gillespie
German Soldier (uncredited)

Fred Griffiths
Lorry Driver (uncredited)

Brian Worth
Henri Le Blanc

Campbell Singer
Sergeant Loder

Victor Maddern
Motor Pool Corporal (uncredited)

Brian Wilde
New Recruit (uncredited)

Terence Alexander
Captain Wharton

Frank Williams
Captain Ford

Martin Boddey
Colonel (uncredited)

Robert Desmond
Sentry (uncredited)

Edward Chapman
Private Wilfred Grimsdale

Hattie Jacques
Gretchen

Jim McManus
New Recruit (uncredited)

John G. Heller
German Officer at Gatepost