
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

Campbell Singer
Sergeant Loder

Hattie Jacques
Gretchen

Victor Maddern
Motor Pool Corporal (uncredited)

Frank Williams
Captain Ford

Richard Marner
German Officer

Honor Blackman
Junior Commander Lesley Cartland

Gordon Harris
Corporal (uncredited)

Richard Warner
(uncredited)

Oliver Reed
(uncredited)

Norman Wisdom
Private Norman Pitkin / General Otto Schreiber

Brian Worth
Henri Le Blanc

André Maranne
Jean-Claude

Robert Gillespie
German Soldier (uncredited)

John G. Heller
German Officer at Gatepost

Robert Desmond
Sentry (uncredited)

Brian Wilde
New Recruit (uncredited)

Jim McManus
New Recruit (uncredited)

Harold Goodwin
Workman (uncredited)

Martin Boddey
Colonel (uncredited)

Terence Cooper
Paratrooper (uncredited)

Edward Chapman
Private Wilfred Grimsdale

Terence Alexander
Captain Wharton

Jim Brady
Mr. Fred Ferndale (uncredited)

Roger Avon
Workman (uncredited)

Fred Griffiths
Lorry Driver (uncredited)

Ian Wilson
Extra (uncredited)