The Square Peg (1958)
Directed by John Paddy Carstairs
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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