The Square Peg – 1958 | 88mins | Comedy | B&W

Plot Synopsis

Typical bumbling Norman Wisdom farce in which the star plays dual roles, the love interest is provided by Honor Blackman. The film starts brightly enough but the joke quota rapidly declines as the film progresses.

It’s the Second World War, and road worker Norman Pitkin, along with his and colleague the borough-engineer, Mr. Grimsdale (Edward Chapman), are making a nuisance of themselves whilst digging up the road outside an Army barracks. When the Army command lose patience with Pitkin and Grimsdale, they arrange to have the civilian road-workers drafted into the forces. In error, they are transferred to the paratroops and dropped behind enemy lines in France, where the Germans take Mr. Grimsdale prisoner. Norman is picked up by the French Resistance, and recognised by agent Lesley Cartland, Norman capitalizes on his amazing resemblance to a German general Norman finds himself spearheading a mission to rescue British prisoners from German headquarters. He is soon captured by the Nazis and almost immediately facing a German firing-squad.