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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
December 4, 1958
The Rank Organisation
58 people
Norman Wisdom
Private Norman Pitkin / General Otto Schreiber
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Honor Blackman
Junior Commander Lesley Cartland
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Edward Chapman
Private Wilfred Grimsdale
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Campbell Singer
Sergeant Loder
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Hattie Jacques
Gretchen
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Brian Worth
Henri Le Blanc
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Terence Alexander
Captain Wharton
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John Warwick
Colonel Layton
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Arnold Bell
General Hunt
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Victor Beaumont
Jogenkraut
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André Maranne
Jean-Claude
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Frank Williams
Captain Ford
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