
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

Norman Wisdom
Private Norman Pitkin / General Otto Schreiber

Honor Blackman
Junior Commander Lesley Cartland

Edward Chapman
Private Wilfred 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

André Maranne
Jean-Claude

Frank Williams
Captain Ford

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

Joys
Joys

Mosquito Squadron
Mosquito Squadron

I Love you Hassan
I Love you Hassan

The Battleship on the Ground
The Battleship on the Ground

The War Game
The War Game

Bullets And Blueberries
Bullets And Blueberries

Hanover Street
Hanover Street

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

What the War Meant
What the War Meant

Operation Snafu
Operation Snafu

Letters
Letters