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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 heroRead moreLess
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
The story
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
Cast & crew
Norman WisdomPrivate Norman Pitkin / General Otto Schreiber
Honor BlackmanJunior Commander Lesley Cartland
Edward ChapmanPrivate Wilfred Grimsdale
Campbell SingerSergeant Loder
Hattie JacquesGretchen
Brian WorthHenri Le Blanc
Terence AlexanderCaptain Wharton
André MaranneJean-Claude
Frank WilliamsCaptain FordExplore the crew
- Screenplay
- Jack Davies
- Director
- John Paddy Carstairs
- Screenplay
- Eddie Leslie
- Screenplay
- Henry Blyth
- Screenplay
- Norman Wisdom