Popularity: 3 (history)
Director: | John Paddy Carstairs |
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Writer: | Norman Wisdom, Jack Davies, Henry Blyth, Eddie Leslie |
Staring: |
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 | |
Release Date: | Dec 04, 1958 |
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Director: | John Paddy Carstairs |
Writer: | Norman Wisdom, Jack Davies, Henry Blyth, Eddie Leslie |
Genres: | Comedy, War |
Keywords | world war ii, army base |
Production Companies | The Rank Organisation |
Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 21, 2024 |
Name | Character |
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Norman Wisdom | Norman Pitkin / General Schreiber |
Edward Chapman | Mr Grimsdale |
Honor Blackman | Lesley Cartland |
Campbell Singer | Sergeant Loder |
Hattie Jacques | Gretchen |
Brian Worth | Henri Le Blanc |
Frank Williams | Captain Ford |
Terence Alexander | Captain Wharton |
John Warwick | Colonel Layton |
Arnold Bell | General Hunt |
Robert Desmond | Sentry (uncredited) |
André Maranne | Jean-Claude |
John G. Heller | German Officer at Gatepost |
Michael Collins | Airman Handing Out Tea (uncredited) |
Oliver Reed | (uncredited) |
Brian Wilde | New Recruit (uncredited) |
Name | Job |
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Norman Wisdom | Screenplay |
John Paddy Carstairs | Director |
Jack Davies | Screenplay |
Henry Blyth | Screenplay |
Eddie Leslie | Screenplay |
Susan Dyson | Continuity |
Mike Fox | Clapper Loader |
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