1958
6.4 (29 votes)
1h 29m
Genres
War
Comedy
Production Companies
The Rank Organisation
The Square Peg
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
Key Crew
Screenplay: Jack Davies, Eddie Leslie, Henry Blyth, Norman Wisdom
Director: John Paddy Carstairs
