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The Square Peg [1958]
DVD ~ Norman Wisdom
5.0 out of 5 stars  (1 customer review)

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  • Actors: Norman Wisdom, Honor Blackman, Edward Chapman, Campbell Singer, Hattie Jacques
  • Directors: John Paddy Carstairs
  • Format: Black & White, PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 ( DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: U
  • Studio: Cinema Club
  • DVD Release Date: 12 Nov 2001
  • Run Time: 85 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  (1 customer review)
  • DVD Features:
    • Main Language: English
    • Available Audio Tracks: Mono
    • Sub Titles: None
    • Disc Format: DVD 5
  • ASIN: B00005Q57U
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 100,895 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)
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Amazon.co.uk Review
The Square Peg marks a slight departure for Norman Wisdom, being his first comedy to be set, however recently, in the past. He plays one of a pair of council workmen, who while repairing the road outside an army base come to illustrate the oxymoronic nature of the phrase "military intelligence". Finding themselves drafted, the workmen are sent to repair the roads ahead of the Allied advance through war-torn Europe by the sergeant they previously embarrassed. Norman finds himself behind the German lines, joins-up with French Resistance, gets captured then sets out to rescue British prisoners from a German military HQ by impersonating General Schreiber. Of course Wisdom plays Schreiber too, offering the sort of comedy stereotyping which Basil Fawlty in best "Don't mention the war" mode would appreciate. The Square Peg is the film which introduced Norman Wisdom's famous catch-phrase, "Mr. Grimsdale!" for whenever disaster struck. The long suffering Mr Grimsdale is played by Edward Chapman, who would reprise the role in Wisdom's A Stitch in Time (1963) and The Early Bird (1965), as well as playing Mr Philpots in The Bulldog Breed (1960). Hattie Jacques gets to sing a remarkable duet with Wisdom, and a pre-Goldfinger (1964) Honor Blackman provides the love interest.--Gary S. Dalkin

Special Features
4:3
DVD 5
English
Region 2
Mono English
Mono
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Norman Wisdom vs Norman Wisdom, 14 Aug 2000
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This review is from: The Square Peg [1958] (VHS Tape)
This film is,in my opinion,the best of all the Norman Wisdom films. Norman plays the two parts of Norman Pitkin and a German Officer....as you can imagine the two men meet face to face and the slapstick genius himself goes to work once again to provide laughs. See this movie NOW!
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