The Square Peg

The Square Peg (1958)

Genres - Comedy, War  |   Sub-Genres - Farce  |   Run Time - 89 min.  |   Countries - United Kingdom  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Iotis Erlewine

In this British comedy, set during WWII, a street laborer likes to harass the British soldiers and ends up drafted into becoming part of the British army labor regiment. Unfortunately, a mix-up occurs and he ends up being parachuted behind Nazi lines where he is mistaken for a Nazi officer.

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espionage, war, army, assumed-identity, Britain, capture, criminal, enemy, General, Germany, harassment, hidden-identity, impersonation, labor [work], lookalike, mission [quest], mistake, Nazism, officer, parachute, road, soldier, wisdom