The Square Peg
1958 · 89 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 1,662 VOTES · DIR. John Paddy Carstairs
Overview
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
Dialogue Timeline — 1,010 lines
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00:00:14 (Drill sergeant) Eyes right! Quick march!
00:03:55 And not until then, either, eh, Mr Grimsdale?
00:07:54 They threw council property over the hedge?
00:11:09 - (Sergeant) Quick! Quick! - Slow! Slow! Slow!
00:14:36 Very good, sir.
00:17:10 His way of dealing with a spy can be painfully persuasive.
00:21:49 That means reduced to the ranks, Pitkin.
00:24:59 You're in the army now...!
00:27:59 (Yells)
00:31:29 - Johnny? - Not me! l want me money back.
00:34:43 Show us how Sir Frances Drake would have done it.
00:39:09 Well, in that case l shall definitely have a kip.
00:42:21 Pitkin! Get off my foot, will you?
00:45:33 May be bad map-readers. Better check.
00:49:34 (Lorry approaching)
00:53:24 - Patching. - Yes, sir. Digging.
00:56:51 lmpossible.
01:02:02 Sleep well. For this, you will all pay the penalty.
01:05:35 Ah-ah-ah!
01:09:33 Erm, ja. Ja.
01:12:53 Oh?
01:18:27 Heil Hitler!
01:22:32 A cigarette, perhaps?
01:25:43 Not on your ruddy life!
Cast & Characters
Norman Wisdom
Norman Pitkin
Norman Wisdom
General Schreiber
Honor Blackman
Lesley Cartland
Edward Chapman
Mr. Grimsdale
Campbell Singer
Sergeant Loder
Hattie Jacques
Gretchen
Brian Worth
Henri Le Blanc
Terence Alexander
Captain Wharton
John Warwick
Colonel Layton
Arnold Bell
General Hunt
Victor Beaumont
Jogenkraut
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,010
Dialogue density11.3 lines / min
First line00:00:14
Final line01:25:43
Production Record
DirectorJohn Paddy Carstairs
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes1,662