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The Square Peg (1958)

The Square Peg (1958)

Comedy War
Release Date: 1958, December 4
Directors: John Paddy Carstairs
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: The Rank Organisation, The Rank Organisation
Cast: Jim McManus, Oliver Reed, Reg Thomason, Ian Wilson, Honor Blackman, Michael Collins, André Maranne, Brian Wilde, Robert Desmond, Harold Goodwin, Victor Beaumont, Jack Taylor

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

Keywords:

world war ii black and white army base