Genres

War , Comedy

Duration

89 min

Director

John Paddy Carstairs

Rating

6.5

Release Date

December 4, 1958

The Square Peg

Original title: The Square Peg

Synopsis

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