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
Director:
Norman Wisdom
Norman Pitkin / General Schreiber
Edward Chapman
Mr Grimsdale
Honor Blackman
Lesley Cartland
Campbell Singer
Sergeant Loder
Hattie Jacques
Gretchen
Brian Worth
Henri Le Blanc
Frank Williams
Captain Ford
Terence Alexander
Captain Wharton
John Warwick
Colonel Layton
Arnold Bell
General Hunt
Robert Desmond
Sentry (uncredited)
André Maranne
Jean-Claude
John G. Heller
German Officer at Gatepost
Michael Collins
Airman Handing Out Tea (uncredited)
Oliver Reed
(uncredited)
Brian Wilde
New Recruit (uncredited)
