A British road repairman gets into a feud with the army, gets drafted, and is mistakenly parachuted into German-occupied France where his physical resemblance to the local German commandant triggers a hilarious chain reaction.

Norman 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. Norman takes advantage of a useful similarity to impersonate General Schreiber and manages to return home a hero.—Steve Crook <[email protected]>