• StatusReleased
  • Release Date1958-12-04
  • Runtime89 minutes
  • TaglineNot Available
  • RevenueNot Available
  • GenreWar, Comedy
  • Production
    CompaniesThe Rank Organisation
  • BudgetNot Available

Movie 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

Casts

Norman Wisdom

Edward Chapman

Honor Blackman

Campbell Singer

Hattie Jacques

Brian Worth

Frank Williams

Terence Alexander

John Warwick

André Maranne

John G. Heller