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Writers:
Jack Davies (original screenplay) and
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Release Date:
4 January 1959 (UK) more
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Norman and Mr Grimsdale are council workmen mending the road outside an Army base when they come into conflict with the military... more | add synopsis
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THE SQUARE PEG (John Paddy Carstairs, 1958) *** more (9 total)

Cast

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Norman Wisdom ... Norman Pitkin / General Schreiber
Honor Blackman ... Lesley Cartland
Edward Chapman ... Mr. Grimsdale
Campbell Singer ... Sergeant Loder
Hattie Jacques ... Gretchen
Brian Worth ... Henri Le Blanc
Terence Alexander ... Captain Wharton
John Warwick ... Colonel Layton
Arnold Bell ... General Hunt
André Maranne ... Jean-Claude (as Andre Maranne)
Victor Beaumont ... Jogenkraut
Frank Williams ... Captain Ford
Eddie Leslie ... Medical officer
Richard Marner ... Bit Part
John G. Heller ... German officer at gatepost
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Runtime:
85 min | UK:89 min
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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Referenced in Bostock's Cup (1999) (TV) more

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THE SQUARE PEG (John Paddy Carstairs, 1958) ***, 25 August 2006
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Author: MARIO GAUCI (marrod@melita.com) from Naxxar, Malta

This service comedy (another favorite situation with star comedians) - part army-base shenanigans and part dangerous mission - ranks as possibly the best Norman Wisdom vehicle there is, with a consistent string of often hilarious gags and the star - turning up again in drag and also appearing in a dual role (including one as a Nazi General) - in top form.

Supporting him are Edward Chapman (virtually rising to sidekick status here, he and Wisdom make an engaging comic pair), Honor Blackman (perhaps the most substantial of the star's leading ladies) and Hattie Jacques (as a German opera star).

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