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The Square Peg

63 %|Dec 4, 1958|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

Featured Crew

John Paddy Carstairs
Director
Jack Davies
Screenplay
Henry Blyth
Screenplay
Norman Wisdom
Screenplay
Eddie Leslie
Screenplay
Susan Dyson
Continuity
Mike Fox
Clapper Loader

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Cast

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Norman Wisdom
Norman Pitkin / General Schreiber
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Edward Chapman
Mr Grimsdale
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Honor Blackman
Lesley Cartland
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Campbell Singer
Sergeant Loder
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Brian Worth
Henri Le Blanc
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Frank Williams
Captain Ford
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Terence Alexander
Captain Wharton
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John Warwick
Colonel Layton
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Arnold Bell
General Hunt
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Robert Desmond
Sentry (uncredited)
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André Maranne
Jean-Claude
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John G. Heller
German Officer at Gatepost
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Michael Collins
Airman Handing Out Tea (uncredited)
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Oliver Reed
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Brian Wilde
New Recruit (uncredited)