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
as Norman Pitkin / General Schreiber
as Mr Grimsdale
as Lesley Cartland
as Sergeant Loder
as Gretchen
as Henri Le Blanc
as Captain Ford
as Captain Wharton
as Colonel Layton
as General Hunt
as Sentry (uncredited)
as Jean-Claude
as German Officer at Gatepost
as Airman Handing Out Tea (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as New Recruit (uncredited)