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The Square Peg

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Calorie Rating: 125
Released: 1958-12-04
Running Time: 89 Minutes
Studios: The Rank Organisation,


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

Director / Directors

Susan Dyson
Continuity


Cast

Norman Wisdom
Character: Private Norman Pitkin / General Otto Schreiber
Honor Blackman
Character: Junior Commander Lesley Cartland
Edward Chapman
Character: Private Wilfred Grimsdale

Campbell Singer
Character: Sergeant Loder
Hattie Jacques
Character: Gretchen
Brian Worth
Character: Henri Le Blanc

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

Victor Beaumont
Character: Jogenkraut
André Maranne
Character: Jean-Claude
Frank Williams
Character: Captain Ford

Eddie Leslie
Character: Medical Officer
Richard Marner
Character: German Officer
John G. Heller
Character: German Officer at Gatepost

Roger Avon
Character: Workman (uncredited)
William Baskiville
Character: German Officer (uncredited)
Jim Beasley
Character: British Solider (uncredited)

Alan Beaton
Character: Lieutenant Colonel Bill (uncredited)
Martin Boddey
Character: Colonel (uncredited)
Jim Brady
Character: Mr. Fred Ferndale (uncredited)

Aza Caralova
Character: Café Patron (uncredited)
Alf Casha
Character: Café Patron (uncredited)
Jimmy Charters
Character: Mr. Harry Hoylake (uncredited)

Michael Collins
Character: Airman Handing Out Tea (uncredited)
Mike Conner
Character: German Soldier (uncredited)
Terence Cooper
Character: Paratrooper (uncredited)

Dan Cressey
Character: German Soldier (uncredited)
Robert Desmond
Character: Sentry (uncredited)
Ernest Fennemore
Character: New Recruit (uncredited)

Chick Fowles
Character: German Sentry (uncredited)
Frank Fry
Character: New Recruit (uncredited)
Robert Gillespie
Character: German Soldier (uncredited)

Harold Goodwin
Character: Workman (uncredited)
Fred Griffiths
Character: Lorry Driver (uncredited)
Aidan Harrington
Character: German Soldier (uncredited)

Gordon Harris
Character: Corporal (uncredited)
Derek Holmes
Character: Medical Corporal (uncredited)
Lindsay Hooper
Character: German Soldier (uncredited)

Barry Johns
Character: Paratrooper (uncredited)
Dickey Luck
Character: Paratrooper (uncredited)
Victor Maddern
Character: Motor Pool Corporal (uncredited)

Terence Maidment
Character: Paratrooper (uncredited)
Vicky Marshall
Character: WRAC (uncredited)
Sheila McGibbon
Character: Annie McQuillan (uncredited)

Jim McManus
Character: New Recruit (uncredited)
Geremy Phillips
Character: Soldier (uncredited)
Oliver Reed
Character: (uncredited)

Frank Schock
Character: Café Patron (uncredited)
Arnold Schulkes
Character: German Soldier (uncredited)
George Spence
Character: Mr. Charles Fenton Hopkins (uncredited)

Hazel Sutton
Character: Blonde (uncredited)
Jack Taylor
Character: Paratrooper in Pub (uncredited)
Reg Thomason
Character: German Sentry (uncredited)

Richard Warner
Character: (uncredited)
Brian Wilde
Character: New Recruit (uncredited)
Ian Wilson
Character: Extra (uncredited)

Stephen Zammit
Character: New Recruit (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Jack Davies
Screenplay
Eddie Leslie
Screenplay
Henry Blyth
Screenplay

Norman Wisdom
Screenplay
Mike Fox
Clapper Loader