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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- Norman WisdomPrivate Norman Pitkin / General Otto Schreiber
- Honor BlackmanJunior Commander Lesley Cartland
- Edward ChapmanPrivate Wilfred Grimsdale
- Campbell SingerSergeant Loder
- Hattie JacquesGretchen
- Brian WorthHenri Le Blanc
- Terence AlexanderCaptain Wharton
- John WarwickColonel Layton
- Arnold BellGeneral Hunt
- Victor BeaumontJogenkraut
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- John Paddy CarstairsDirector
- Jack DaviesScreenplay
- Henry BlythScreenplay
- Norman WisdomScreenplay
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