
The Square Peg
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
Cast

John G. Heller
German Officer at Gatepost

Ian Wilson
Extra (uncredited)

Jim McManus
New Recruit (uncredited)

Campbell Singer
Sergeant Loder

Victor Maddern
Motor Pool Corporal (uncredited)

Richard Warner
(uncredited)

Fred Griffiths
Lorry Driver (uncredited)

Hattie Jacques
Gretchen

Gordon Harris
Corporal (uncredited)

Terence Alexander
Captain Wharton

Harold Goodwin
Workman (uncredited)

Norman Wisdom
Private Norman Pitkin / General Otto Schreiber

Robert Gillespie
German Soldier (uncredited)

Martin Boddey
Colonel (uncredited)

Jim Brady
Mr. Fred Ferndale (uncredited)

Terence Cooper
Paratrooper (uncredited)

Robert Desmond
Sentry (uncredited)

Oliver Reed
(uncredited)

Honor Blackman
Junior Commander Lesley Cartland

André Maranne
Jean-Claude

Roger Avon
Workman (uncredited)

Edward Chapman
Private Wilfred Grimsdale

Brian Wilde
New Recruit (uncredited)

Brian Worth
Henri Le Blanc

Frank Williams
Captain Ford

Richard Marner
German Officer