The Square Peg (1958) — comedy, war film. Directed by John Paddy Carstairs. Starring Norman Wisdom, Honor Blackman, Edward Chapman, Campbell Singer. This page maps 5 characters and 7 relationships between them as an interactive character network.
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A clumsy roadmender's accidental wartime heroism through mistaken identity and slapstick improvisation.
Comedy, War · 6.5/10 · 89 min · 1958
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
