The Square Peg (1958)

movie

(1592)

Country: UK
Genres: Comedy, War
Release: 1958-12-19
Director: John Paddy Carstairs
Writers: Jack Davies , Henry Blyth , Norman Wisdom , Eddie Leslie
Language: English | German | French
Stars: Norman Wisdom , Norman Wisdom , Honor Blackman , Edward Chapman , Campbell Singer , Hattie Jacques , Brian Worth , Terence Alexander , John Warwick , Arnold Bell , Victor Beaumont
Runtime: 85 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Hærens skræk (Denmark) , Norman Recluta (Mexico) , Містер Піткін у тилу ворога (Ukraine) , Norman Recluta (Chile) , Не на своєму місці (Ukraine) , The Square Peg (Australia) , Mistur Pitkin v tila na vraga (Bulgaria) , Un parachute pour M. Pitkin (France, French Republic) , Én és a tábornok (Hungary) , General me voila! (France, French Republic) , Enayiler kralı asker (Turkey) , Espía a la fuerza (Spain) , Io e il generale (Italy) , The Square Peg , Ο στρατηγός ήταν κατάσκοπος (Greece) , Djaddeh saf kon (Iran) , Panik i ledet (Sweden) , Мистър Питкин в тила на врага (Bulgaria) , The Square Peg (United States of America) , Norman Recluta (Colombia) , Inaptul (Romania) , The Square Peg (Canada) , Le point de chute (France, French Republic) , The Square Peg (New Zealand) , O stratigos itan kataskopos (Greece) , The Square Peg (South Africa) , Мистер Питкин в тылу врага , Norman, O Recruta Biruta (Brazil) , De vierkante recruut (Netherlands the) , Mister Pitkin v tylu voroha (Ukraine) , Nokkela Norman sotahommissa (Finland) , The Square Peg (Ireland) , L'affreux troufion (Belgium) , Norman Recluta (Argentina) , Norman na tropa (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Norman Recluta (Venezuela) , The Square Peg (United Kingdom)
Plot: Norman 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. Norman takes advantage of a useful similarity to impersonate General Schreiber and manages to return a hero.
IMDB:tt0052233