The Square Peg

(1958)

★ 6.5 IMDb · 33 votes

Genres: War, Comedy

Year: 1958

Runtime: 89 мин

Country: United Kingdom

Director: John Paddy Carstairs

Cast: Норман Уисдом, Онор Блэкман, Эдвард Чэпман, Campbell Singer, Hattie Jacques, Brian Worth, Теренс Александер, John Warwick, Arnold Bell, Victor Beaumont

Plot

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