The Square Peg
1958 · 1h 29m · Comedy, War · United Kingdom · Rated U (GB)
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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John Paddy Carstairs6.2Smart score
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army baseblack and whiteworld war ii
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