A bumbling council workman and his officious boss are drafted into the army during the Second World War. A mix-up leads to the inept conscript being parachuted behind enemy lines, where his uncanny resemblance to a German general causes no end of confusion. Comedy, starring Norman Wisdom, Honor Blackman and Hattie Jacques.

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