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
Title | The Square Peg |
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Year | 1958 |
Genre | War, Comedy |
Country | United Kingdom |
Studio | The Rank Organisation |
Cast | Norman Wisdom, Edward Chapman, Honor Blackman, Campbell Singer, Hattie Jacques, Brian Worth |
Crew | Jack Davies (Screenplay), John Paddy Carstairs (Director), Eddie Leslie (Screenplay), Henry Blyth (Screenplay), Norman Wisdom (Screenplay), Susan Dyson (Continuity) |
Release | Dec 04, 1958 |
Runtime | 89 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 6.30 / 10 by 26 users |
Popularity | 5 |