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
as Norman Pitkin / General Schreiber
Edward Chapman
as Mr Grimsdale
Honor Blackman
as Lesley Cartland
Campbell Singer
as Sergeant Loder
Hattie Jacques
as Gretchen
Brian Worth
as Henri Le Blanc
Frank Williams
as Captain Ford
Terence Alexander
as Captain Wharton
John Warwick
as Colonel Layton
Arnold Bell
as General Hunt
Robert Desmond
as Sentry (uncredited)
André Maranne
as Jean-Claude
