1h 29m1958

The Square Peg

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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
Writers: Henry Blyth, Eddie Leslie, Norman Wisdom
Language: English
Country: United Kingdom
Release date: 4 December 1958

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