
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

Richard Marner
German Officer

Roger Avon
Workman (uncredited)

Gordon Harris
Corporal (uncredited)

Edward Chapman
Private Wilfred Grimsdale

John G. Heller
German Officer at Gatepost

Robert Gillespie
German Soldier (uncredited)

Jim McManus
New Recruit (uncredited)

Brian Wilde
New Recruit (uncredited)

Frank Williams
Captain Ford

Terence Cooper
Paratrooper (uncredited)

Martin Boddey
Colonel (uncredited)

Hattie Jacques
Gretchen

Harold Goodwin
Workman (uncredited)

Victor Maddern
Motor Pool Corporal (uncredited)

Richard Warner
(uncredited)

Fred Griffiths
Lorry Driver (uncredited)

Honor Blackman
Junior Commander Lesley Cartland

André Maranne
Jean-Claude

Ian Wilson
Extra (uncredited)

Oliver Reed
(uncredited)

Jim Brady
Mr. Fred Ferndale (uncredited)

Campbell Singer
Sergeant Loder

Brian Worth
Henri Le Blanc

Terence Alexander
Captain Wharton

Norman Wisdom
Private Norman Pitkin / General Otto Schreiber

Robert Desmond
Sentry (uncredited)