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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6.5/10
1958
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Cast
Norman Wisdom
As Private Norman Pitkin / General Otto Schreiber
Honor Blackman
As Junior Commander Lesley Cartland
Edward Chapman
As Private Wilfred Grimsdale
Campbell Singer
As Sergeant Loder
Hattie Jacques
As Gretchen
Brian Worth
As Henri Le Blanc
Terence Alexander
As Captain Wharton
John Warwick
As Colonel Layton
Arnold Bell
As General Hunt
Victor Beaumont
As Jogenkraut
André Maranne
As Jean-Claude
Frank Williams
As Captain Ford
Eddie Leslie
As Medical Officer
Richard Marner
As German Officer
John G. Heller
As German Officer at Gatepost
Roger Avon
As Workman (uncredited)
William Baskiville
As German Officer (uncredited)
Jim Beasley
As British Solider (uncredited)
Alan Beaton
As Lieutenant Colonel Bill (uncredited)
Martin Boddey
As Colonel (uncredited)
Jim Brady
As Mr. Fred Ferndale (uncredited)
Aza Caralova
As Café Patron (uncredited)
Alf Casha
As Café Patron (uncredited)
Jimmy Charters
As Mr. Harry Hoylake (uncredited)
Michael Collins
As Airman Handing Out Tea (uncredited)
Mike Conner
As German Soldier (uncredited)
Terence Cooper
As Paratrooper (uncredited)
Dan Cressey
As German Soldier (uncredited)
Robert Desmond
As Sentry (uncredited)
Ernest Fennemore
As New Recruit (uncredited)
Chick Fowles
As German Sentry (uncredited)
Frank Fry
As New Recruit (uncredited)
Robert Gillespie
As German Soldier (uncredited)
Harold Goodwin
As Workman (uncredited)
Fred Griffiths
As Lorry Driver (uncredited)
Aidan Harrington
As German Soldier (uncredited)
Gordon Harris
As Corporal (uncredited)
Derek Holmes
As Medical Corporal (uncredited)
Lindsay Hooper
As German Soldier (uncredited)
Barry Johns
As Paratrooper (uncredited)
Dickey Luck
As Paratrooper (uncredited)
Victor Maddern
As Motor Pool Corporal (uncredited)
Terence Maidment
As Paratrooper (uncredited)
Vicky Marshall
As WRAC (uncredited)
Sheila McGibbon
As Annie McQuillan (uncredited)
Jim McManus
As New Recruit (uncredited)
Geremy Phillips
As Soldier (uncredited)
Oliver Reed
As (uncredited)
Frank Schock
As Café Patron (uncredited)
Arnold Schulkes
As German Soldier (uncredited)
George Spence
As Mr. Charles Fenton Hopkins (uncredited)
Hazel Sutton
As Blonde (uncredited)
Jack Taylor
As Paratrooper in Pub (uncredited)
Reg Thomason
As German Sentry (uncredited)
Richard Warner
As (uncredited)
Brian Wilde
As New Recruit (uncredited)
Ian Wilson
As Extra (uncredited)
Stephen Zammit
As New Recruit (uncredited)
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