The Square Peg (1958)
85 min
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
- Release date
- December 4, 1958
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
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Cast
- Norman Wisdom as Norman Pitkin
- Honor Blackman as Lesley Cartland
- Edward Chapman as Mr. Grimsdale
- Campbell Singer as Sergeant Loder
- Hattie Jacques as Gretchen
- Brian Worth as Henri Le Blanc
- Terence Alexander as Captain Wharton
- John Warwick as Colonel Layton
- Arnold Bell as General Hunt
- Victor Beaumont as Jogenkraut
- André Maranne as Jean-Claude
- Frank Williams as Captain Ford
- Eddie Leslie as Medical Officer
- Richard Marner as German Officer
- John G. Heller as German Officer at Gatepost
- Roger Avon as Workman (uncredited)
- William Baskiville as German Officer (uncredited)
- Martin Boddey as Colonel (uncredited)
- Jim Brady as Mr. Fred Ferndale (uncredited)
- Michael Collins as Airman Handing Out Tea (uncredited)
- Terence Cooper as Paratrooper (uncredited)
- Dan Cressey as German Soldier (uncredited)
- Robert Desmond as Sentry (uncredited)
- Norman Wisdom as General Schreiber
Crew
- John Paddy Carstairs · Director
- Jack Davies · Writer
- Henry Blyth · Writer
- Norman Wisdom · Writer
- Eddie Leslie · Writer
- Hugh Stewart · Producer
- Philip Green · Composer
- Jack E. Cox · Cinematographer
- Roger Cherrill · Editor