Movie: The Square Peg

Top 10 Billed Cast

Norman Wisdom
Norman Wisdom

Private Norman Pitkin / General Otto Schreiber

Honor Blackman
Honor Blackman

Junior Commander Lesley Cartland

Edward Chapman
Edward Chapman

Private Wilfred Grimsdale

Campbell Singer
Campbell Singer

Sergeant Loder

Hattie Jacques
Hattie Jacques

Gretchen

Brian Worth
Brian Worth

Henri Le Blanc

Terence Alexander
Terence Alexander

Captain Wharton

John Warwick
John Warwick

Colonel Layton

Arnold Bell
Arnold Bell

General Hunt

Victor Beaumont
Victor Beaumont

Jogenkraut

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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

  • Release Date

    1958-12-04

  • Average

    6.5

  • Rating:

    3.3 starts
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    English
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