Overview
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
Director and cast
- John Paddy Carstairs Director
- Norman Wisdom as Norman Pitkin / General Schreiber
- Edward Chapman as Mr Grimsdale
- Honor Blackman as Junior Commander Lesley Cartland
- Campbell Singer as Sergeant Loder
- Hattie Jacques as Gretchen
- Brian Worth as Henri Le Blanc
- Terence Alexander as Captain Wharton
- John Warwick Cast
- Arnold Bell Cast
- Victor Beaumont Cast
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