The Square Peg

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British comedy film film

The Square Peg is a 1958 British comedy film starring Norman Wisdom as a road repairman who is mistaken for a top German general during World War II.

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British comedy film ⓘ
film ⓘ
basedOn original screenplay ⓘ
character Mr. Grimsdale ⓘ
Norman Pitkin NERFINISHED ⓘ
cinematographyBy Jack Asher ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
director John Paddy Carstairs ⓘ
distributor J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors ⓘ
Rank Organisation ⓘ
editedBy Alfred Roome ⓘ
featuresConflict Allies versus Nazi Germany ⓘ
filmingLocation United Kingdom ⓘ
format theatrical feature film ⓘ
genre comedy film ⓘ
hasTheme mistaken identity ⓘ
war-time comedy ⓘ
language English ⓘ
leadActorRole Norman Wisdom as Norman Pitkin ⓘ
mainCharacterOccupation road repairman ⓘ
medium black-and-white film ⓘ
musicBy Philip Green ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Norman Wisdom ⓘ
surface form: Norman Wisdom filmography
plotSummary A British road repairman is mistaken for a top German general during World War II. ⓘ
producer Hugh Stewart ⓘ
productionCompany The Rank Organisation ⓘ
surface form: Rank Organisation
releaseDecade 1950s films ⓘ
releaseYear 1958 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 87 ⓘ
screenwriter Henry Blyth ⓘ
Jack Davies ⓘ
settingPeriod World War II ⓘ
starring Campbell Singer ⓘ
Edward Chapman ⓘ
Hilda Fenemore ⓘ
Honor Blackman ⓘ
Norman Wisdom ⓘ

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Norman Wisdom → notableWork → The Square Peg ⓘ