The Square Peg

1958
1 Std. 25 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,8/10

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Comedy War

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuA British road repairman gets into a feud with the army, gets drafted, and is mistakenly parachuted into German-occupied France where his physical resemblance to the local German commandant ... Alles lesenA British road repairman gets into a feud with the army, gets drafted, and is mistakenly parachuted into German-occupied France where his physical resemblance to the local German commandant triggers a hilarious chain reaction.A British road repairman gets into a feud with the army, gets drafted, and is mistakenly parachuted into German-occupied France where his physical resemblance to the local German commandant triggers a hilarious chain reaction.

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IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,8/10

1646

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

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Robert Desmond, who played the 'tailor' Griffith in "The Great Escape" (1963), appears in "The Square Peg" as the sentry on the Main Gate of the Army camp who incurs the wrath of General Hunt for not asking to see the General's pass.

Patzer
At 35.30,The dummy that Pitkin stabs and throws on the end of his bayonet moves before he stabs it.

Zitate
Norman Pitkin: Sorry, only I used to know a girl once, just like you. Well, I didn't exactly know her. I couldn't really, she being what she was and me being what I am.

Crazy Credits
Opening credits prologue: The Second World War saw many remarkable adventures on sea, on land and in the air. Strangest of all perhaps, was the story of Norman Pitkin, indomitable fighter, rugged individualist and faithful employee of the St. Godric's Borough Council.

Verbindungen
Featured in Norman Wisdom: His Story (2010)

Soundtracks
The Square Peg
by Michael Carr and Philip Green

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7/10

THE SQUARE PEG (John Paddy Carstairs, 1958) ***

This service comedy (another favorite situation with star comedians) - part army-base shenanigans and part dangerous mission - ranks as possibly the best Norman Wisdom vehicle there is, with a consistent string of often hilarious gags and the star - turning up again in drag and also appearing in a dual role (including one as a Nazi General) - in top form.

Supporting him are Edward Chapman (virtually rising to sidekick status here, he and Wisdom make an engaging comic pair), Honor Blackman (perhaps the most substantial of the star's leading ladies) and Hattie Jacques (as a German opera star).