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Cast
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Norman Wisdom | As: Private Norman Pitkin / General Otto Schreiber |
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Honor Blackman | As: Junior Commander Lesley Cartland |
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Edward Chapman | As: Private Wilfred Grimsdale |
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Campbell Singer | As: Sergeant Loder |
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Hattie Jacques | As: Gretchen |
Storyline
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
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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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Eddie Leslie |
Medical Officer |
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Richard Marner |
German Officer |
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John G. Heller |
German Officer at Gatepost |
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Roger Avon |
Workman (uncredited) |
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William Baskiville |
German Officer (uncredited) |
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Jim Beasley |
British Solider (uncredited) |
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Alan Beaton |
Lieutenant Colonel Bill (uncredited) |
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Martin Boddey |
Colonel (uncredited) |
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Jim Brady |
Mr. Fred Ferndale (uncredited) |
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Aza Caralova |
Café Patron (uncredited) |
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Alf Casha |
Café Patron (uncredited) |
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Jimmy Charters |
Mr. Harry Hoylake (uncredited) |
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Michael Collins |
Airman Handing Out Tea (uncredited) |
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Mike Conner |
German Soldier (uncredited) |
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Terence Cooper |
Paratrooper (uncredited) |
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Dan Cressey |
German Soldier (uncredited) |
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Robert Desmond |
Sentry (uncredited) |
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Ernest Fennemore |
New Recruit (uncredited) |
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Chick Fowles |
German Sentry (uncredited) |
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Frank Fry |
New Recruit (uncredited) |
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Robert Gillespie |
German Soldier (uncredited) |
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Harold Goodwin |
Workman (uncredited) |
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Fred Griffiths |
Lorry Driver (uncredited) |
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Aidan Harrington |
German Soldier (uncredited) |
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Gordon Harris |
Corporal (uncredited) |
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Derek Holmes |
Medical Corporal (uncredited) |
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Lindsay Hooper |
German Soldier (uncredited) |
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Barry Johns |
Paratrooper (uncredited) |
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Dickey Luck |
Paratrooper (uncredited) |
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Victor Maddern |
Motor Pool Corporal (uncredited) |
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Terence Maidment |
Paratrooper (uncredited) |
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Vicky Marshall |
WRAC (uncredited) |
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Sheila McGibbon |
Annie McQuillan (uncredited) |
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Jim McManus |
New Recruit (uncredited) |
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Geremy Phillips |
Soldier (uncredited) |
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Oliver Reed |
(uncredited) |
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Frank Schock |
Café Patron (uncredited) |
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Arnold Schulkes |
German Soldier (uncredited) |
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George Spence |
Mr. Charles Fenton Hopkins (uncredited) |
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Hazel Sutton |
Blonde (uncredited) |
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Jack Taylor |
Paratrooper in Pub (uncredited) |
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Reg Thomason |
German Sentry (uncredited) |
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Richard Warner |
(uncredited) |
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Brian Wilde |
New Recruit (uncredited) |
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Ian Wilson |
Extra (uncredited) |
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Stephen Zammit |
New Recruit (uncredited) |
Directed By
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John Paddy Carstairs |
Director |
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Susan Dyson |
Continuity |
Writing Credits
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Norman Wisdom |
Screenplay |
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Henry Blyth |
Screenplay |
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Eddie Leslie |
Screenplay |
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Jack Davies |
Screenplay |
Production Crew
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Mike Fox |
Clapper Loader |
Lighting
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