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The Square Peg

The Square Peg

6,5 /10 (33 Votes)
1958 EN 89 min

Overview

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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Release date

04/12/1958

Votes

33

Popularity

0.7

Genres

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

89 min

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

No photo

John Warwick

Colonel Layton

No photo

Arnold Bell

General Hunt

No photo

Victor Beaumont

Jogenkraut

André Maranne

André Maranne

Jean-Claude

Frank Williams

Frank Williams

Captain Ford

No photo

Eddie Leslie

Medical Officer

Richard Marner

Richard Marner

German Officer

John G. Heller

John G. Heller

German Officer at Gatepost

Roger Avon

Roger Avon

Workman (uncredited)

No photo

William Baskiville

German Officer (uncredited)

No photo

Jim Beasley

British Solider (uncredited)

No photo

Alan Beaton

Lieutenant Colonel Bill (uncredited)

Martin Boddey

Martin Boddey

Colonel (uncredited)

Jim Brady

Jim Brady

Mr. Fred Ferndale (uncredited)

No photo

Aza Caralova

Café Patron (uncredited)

No photo

Alf Casha

Café Patron (uncredited)

No photo

Jimmy Charters

Mr. Harry Hoylake (uncredited)

No photo

Michael Collins

Airman Handing Out Tea (uncredited)

No photo

Mike Conner

German Soldier (uncredited)

Terence Cooper

Terence Cooper

Paratrooper (uncredited)

No photo

Dan Cressey

German Soldier (uncredited)

Robert Desmond

Robert Desmond

Sentry (uncredited)

No photo

Ernest Fennemore

New Recruit (uncredited)

No photo

Chick Fowles

German Sentry (uncredited)

No photo

Frank Fry

New Recruit (uncredited)

Robert Gillespie

Robert Gillespie

German Soldier (uncredited)

Harold Goodwin

Harold Goodwin

Workman (uncredited)

Fred Griffiths

Fred Griffiths

Lorry Driver (uncredited)

No photo

Aidan Harrington

German Soldier (uncredited)

Gordon Harris

Gordon Harris

Corporal (uncredited)

No photo

Derek Holmes

Medical Corporal (uncredited)

No photo

Lindsay Hooper

German Soldier (uncredited)

No photo

Barry Johns

Paratrooper (uncredited)

No photo

Dickey Luck

Paratrooper (uncredited)

Victor Maddern

Victor Maddern

Motor Pool Corporal (uncredited)

No photo

Terence Maidment

Paratrooper (uncredited)

No photo

Vicky Marshall

WRAC (uncredited)

No photo

Sheila McGibbon

Annie McQuillan (uncredited)

Jim McManus

Jim McManus

New Recruit (uncredited)

No photo

Geremy Phillips

Soldier (uncredited)

Oliver Reed

Oliver Reed

(uncredited)

No photo

Frank Schock

Café Patron (uncredited)

No photo

Arnold Schulkes

German Soldier (uncredited)

No photo

George Spence

Mr. Charles Fenton Hopkins (uncredited)

No photo

Hazel Sutton

Blonde (uncredited)

No photo

Jack Taylor

Paratrooper in Pub (uncredited)

No photo

Reg Thomason

German Sentry (uncredited)

Richard Warner

Richard Warner

(uncredited)

Brian Wilde

Brian Wilde

New Recruit (uncredited)

Ian Wilson

Ian Wilson

Extra (uncredited)

No photo

Stephen Zammit

New Recruit (uncredited)

Original Soundtrack

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