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
Private Norman Pitkin / General Otto Schreiber
Junior Commander Lesley Cartland
Private Wilfred Grimsdale
Sergeant Loder
Gretchen
Henri Le Blanc
Captain Wharton
Colonel Layton
General Hunt
Jogenkraut
Jean-Claude
Captain Ford
Medical Officer
German Officer
German Officer at Gatepost
Workman (uncredited)
German Officer (uncredited)
British Solider (uncredited)
Lieutenant Colonel Bill (uncredited)
Colonel (uncredited)
Mr. Fred Ferndale (uncredited)
Café Patron (uncredited)
Café Patron (uncredited)
Mr. Harry Hoylake (uncredited)
Airman Handing Out Tea (uncredited)
German Soldier (uncredited)
Paratrooper (uncredited)
German Soldier (uncredited)
Sentry (uncredited)
New Recruit (uncredited)
German Sentry (uncredited)
New Recruit (uncredited)
German Soldier (uncredited)
Workman (uncredited)
Lorry Driver (uncredited)
German Soldier (uncredited)
Corporal (uncredited)
Medical Corporal (uncredited)
German Soldier (uncredited)
Paratrooper (uncredited)
Paratrooper (uncredited)
Motor Pool Corporal (uncredited)
Paratrooper (uncredited)
WRAC (uncredited)
Annie McQuillan (uncredited)
New Recruit (uncredited)
Soldier (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Café Patron (uncredited)
German Soldier (uncredited)
Mr. Charles Fenton Hopkins (uncredited)
Blonde (uncredited)
Paratrooper in Pub (uncredited)
German Sentry (uncredited)
(uncredited)
New Recruit (uncredited)
Extra (uncredited)
New Recruit (uncredited)