
The Square Peg
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
Director John Paddy Carstairs
Cast

Norman Wisdom
Private Norman Pitkin / General Otto Schreiber

Victor Maddern
Motor Pool Corporal (uncredited)

John G. Heller
German Officer at Gatepost

Gordon Harris
Corporal (uncredited)

Robert Gillespie
German Soldier (uncredited)

Richard Marner
German Officer

Martin Boddey
Colonel (uncredited)

Robert Desmond
Sentry (uncredited)

Oliver Reed
(uncredited)

Edward Chapman
Private Wilfred Grimsdale

Campbell Singer
Sergeant Loder

Brian Wilde
New Recruit (uncredited)

Fred Griffiths
Lorry Driver (uncredited)

Jim McManus
New Recruit (uncredited)

Ian Wilson
Extra (uncredited)

Honor Blackman
Junior Commander Lesley Cartland

Jim Brady
Mr. Fred Ferndale (uncredited)

Hattie Jacques
Gretchen

Brian Worth
Henri Le Blanc

André Maranne
Jean-Claude

Roger Avon
Workman (uncredited)

Terence Alexander
Captain Wharton

Frank Williams
Captain Ford

Terence Cooper
Paratrooper (uncredited)

Harold Goodwin
Workman (uncredited)

Richard Warner
(uncredited)