Square Peg, The

Jákfalvy Tibor

Publication Date: 1961

About this Item

Size: A1 1 Sheet (cca. 59 x 84 cm). The Square Peg is a 1961 vintage Hungarian movie poster designed by Tibor Jakfalvy The Square Peg is a 1959 British war comedy film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Norman Wisdom Norman Wisdom plays two different characters a man who digs and repairs roads and a Nazi general During the Second World War Norman Pitkin a roadmender with the St Godric s Borough Council enjoys annoying the soldiers of the nearby British Army camp even a general Despite the efforts of his boss Borough Engineer Mr Grimsdale Colonel Layton the camp commander has both of them called up for service in the Pioneer Corps to exact retribution They begin training at the same camp under the supervision of one of Pitkin s former victims Sergeant Loder The only bright spot for Pitkin is falling in love at first sight with the beautiful ATS officer Lesley Cartland who is preparing to go behind enemy lines in Nazi occupied France Pitkin and Grimsdale board the wrong lorry and end up parachuting into France where they are put to work on road repairs They inadvertently advance four miles into enemy territory and Grimsdale is captured and taken to local headquarters in a chateau Meanwhile Pitkin out of uniform goes to the nearby town of Fleury to purchase sugar and eggs but does not notice German soldiers standing to attention and saluting him It transpires that he is looks exactly like the ruthless local commander General Otto Schreiber In a cafe he recognises the waitress as Lesley Cartland She is working with the local resistance group but Pitkin inadvertently blows her cover and she is arrested along with the cafe owner Pitkin and Henri Le Blanc the local resistance leader break into the chateau through a tunnel that Pitkin digs to try to rescue them but Henri is himself captured Pitkin unaware of this climbs into Schreiber s suite When Gretchen the general s girlfriend an opera singer of Wagnerian proportions arrives Schreiber leaves strict orders not to be disturbed no matter what In the next room Pitkin dresses in one of Schreiber s uniforms and awaits his chance He watches through a keyhole as the couple dine then unexpectedly sing a duet When Schreiber leaves the room to attend to his throat Pipkin is mistaken for him by Gretchen and has to attempt to sing Schubert lieder with her Luckily Schreiber has locked himself in the bathroom Eventually he gets out but after some further hijinks including a rendition of the Marx Brothers mirror routine from Duck Soup Pipkin knocks Schreiber out Gretchen having fainted after seeing two Schreibers By pretending to be Schreiber Pitkin manages to free the prisoners They escape but Pitkin is caught and sentenced to be shot at dawn As the execution is about to be carried out he inadvertently falls into the camouflaged tunnel he dug and escapes After the war ends Grismdale is still Borough Engineer but Pitkin is now the mayor source wikipedia org Fine, fold marks, light wear, small tears. Seller Inventory # 5111

Bibliographic Details

Title: Square Peg, The

Publication Date: 1961

Binding: Paper, offset lithography.