Released:
1958-12-04

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:
John Paddy Carstairs

Runtime:
1h 29min

Genre:
War, Comedy

• 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