
The Square Peg
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12/4/1958Runtime
89 minsOverview
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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A dizzy British farce that weaponizes slapstick and mistaken identity against military hierarchy, turning wartime bumbling into cheerful anarchy. Two working-class misfits stumble from one ridiculous situation to the next with the casual logic of a music hall sketch.
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Norman Wisdom
Norman Pitkin / General Schreiber

Edward Chapman
Mr Grimsdale

Honor Blackman
Lesley Cartland

Campbell Singer
Sergeant Loder

Hattie Jacques
Gretchen

Brian Worth
Henri Le Blanc

Frank Williams
Captain Ford

Terence Alexander
Captain Wharton
John Warwick
Colonel Layton
Arnold Bell
General Hunt

Robert Desmond
Sentry (uncredited)

André Maranne
Jean-Claude
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