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
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Cast
Norman Wisdom as Private Norman Pitkin / General Otto SchreiberHonor Blackman as Junior Commander Lesley CartlandEdward Chapman as Private Wilfred GrimsdaleCampbell Singer as Sergeant LoderHattie Jacques as GretchenBrian Worth as Henri Le BlancTerence Alexander as Captain WhartonJohn Warwick as Colonel LaytonArnold Bell as General HuntVictor Beaumont as Jogenkraut
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