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6.5Norman 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
Released: 1958-12-0489 minDir: John Paddy CarstairsWar, Comedy
Cast
- Norman Wisdom as Private Norman Pitkin / General Otto Schreiber
- Honor Blackman as Junior Commander Lesley Cartland
- Edward Chapman as Private Wilfred Grimsdale
- Campbell Singer as Sergeant Loder
- Hattie Jacques as Gretchen
- Brian Worth as Henri Le Blanc
Themes
- world war ii
- black and white
- army base
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Followed by
- Follow a Star
- Director
- John Paddy Carstairs
- Screenwriter
- Jack Davies
- Composer
- Philip Green
- Production company
- The Rank Organisation
- Cinematographer
- Jack E. Cox
- Narrative location
- France
- Filming location
- Pinewood Studios
- Duration
- 85
- FilmAffinity ID
- 681315
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1959-01-01
- title
- The Square Peg
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Netflix
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