
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

John G. Heller
German Officer at Gatepost

Richard Marner
German Officer

Brian Worth
Henri Le Blanc

Terence Alexander
Captain Wharton

Fred Griffiths
Lorry Driver (uncredited)

Campbell Singer
Sergeant Loder

Jim McManus
New Recruit (uncredited)

Martin Boddey
Colonel (uncredited)

Norman Wisdom
Private Norman Pitkin / General Otto Schreiber

Jim Brady
Mr. Fred Ferndale (uncredited)

Robert Gillespie
German Soldier (uncredited)

Ian Wilson
Extra (uncredited)

Frank Williams
Captain Ford

Robert Desmond
Sentry (uncredited)

Victor Maddern
Motor Pool Corporal (uncredited)

Richard Warner
(uncredited)

André Maranne
Jean-Claude

Roger Avon
Workman (uncredited)

Honor Blackman
Junior Commander Lesley Cartland

Edward Chapman
Private Wilfred Grimsdale

Hattie Jacques
Gretchen

Gordon Harris
Corporal (uncredited)

Harold Goodwin
Workman (uncredited)

Terence Cooper
Paratrooper (uncredited)

Oliver Reed
(uncredited)

Brian Wilde
New Recruit (uncredited)