Movie Description
The Square Peg
(1958)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
Featured Crew
- Director : John Paddy Carstairs
- Cast : Norman Wisdom,Honor Blackman,Edward Chapman,Campbell Singer,Hattie Jacques,Brian Worth,Terence Alexander,John Warwick,Arnold Bell,Victor Beaumont,André Maranne,Frank Williams,Eddie Leslie,Richard Marner,John G. Heller,Roger Avon,William Baskiville,Jim Beasley,Alan Beaton,Martin Boddey,Jim Brady,Aza Caralova,Alf Casha,Jimmy Charters,Michael Collins,Mike Conner,Terence Cooper,Dan Cressey,Robert Desmond,Ernest Fennemore,Chick Fowles,Frank Fry,Robert Gillespie,Harold Goodwin,Fred Griffiths,Aidan Harrington,Gordon Harris,Derek Holmes,Lindsay Hooper,Barry Johns,Dickey Luck,Victor Maddern,Terence Maidment,Vicky Marshall,Sheila McGibbon,Jim McManus,Geremy Phillips,Oliver Reed,Frank Schock,Arnold Schulkes,George Spence,Hazel Sutton,Jack Taylor,Reg Thomason,Richard Warner,Brian Wilde,Ian Wilson,Stephen Zammit
Cast
Private Norman Pitkin / General Otto Schreiber
Junior Commander Lesley Cartland
Private Wilfred Grimsdale
Sergeant Loder
Gretchen
Henri Le Blanc
Captain Wharton
Colonel Layton
General Hunt
Jogenkraut
Jean-Claude
Captain Ford
Medical Officer
German Officer
German Officer at Gatepost
Workman (uncredited)
German Officer (uncredited)
British Solider (uncredited)
Lieutenant Colonel Bill (uncredited)
Colonel (uncredited)
Mr. Fred Ferndale (uncredited)
Café Patron (uncredited)
Café Patron (uncredited)
Mr. Harry Hoylake (uncredited)
Airman Handing Out Tea (uncredited)
German Soldier (uncredited)
Paratrooper (uncredited)
German Soldier (uncredited)
Sentry (uncredited)
New Recruit (uncredited)
German Sentry (uncredited)
New Recruit (uncredited)
German Soldier (uncredited)
Workman (uncredited)
Lorry Driver (uncredited)
German Soldier (uncredited)
Corporal (uncredited)
Medical Corporal (uncredited)
German Soldier (uncredited)
Paratrooper (uncredited)
Paratrooper (uncredited)
Motor Pool Corporal (uncredited)
Paratrooper (uncredited)
WRAC (uncredited)
Annie McQuillan (uncredited)
New Recruit (uncredited)
Soldier (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Café Patron (uncredited)
German Soldier (uncredited)
Mr. Charles Fenton Hopkins (uncredited)
Blonde (uncredited)
Paratrooper in Pub (uncredited)
German Sentry (uncredited)
(uncredited)
New Recruit (uncredited)
Extra (uncredited)
New Recruit (uncredited)
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Facts
Original TitleThe Square Peg
Status Released
Release Information
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1958-12-04
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 29m
Production CompaniesThe Rank Organisation
Genres
- War
- Comedy























































