The Square Peg

The Square Peg (1958)

Timing: 1:29 (89 min)

6.5/10
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Release date

1958-12-04

Country

United Kingdom

Production

The Rank Organisation

Genre

War, Comedy

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Director

John Paddy Carstairs

Actors

Norman Wisdom, Honor Blackman, Edward Chapman, Campbell Singer, Hattie Jacques, Brian Worth, Terence Alexander, John Warwick, Arnold Bell, Victor Beaumont
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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

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