The Square Peg
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United Kingdom · 1958
1h 29m
Director John Paddy Carstairs
Starring Norman Wisdom, Edward Chapman, Honor Blackman, Campbell Singer
Genre War, Comedy
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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
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