Pitkin (Norman Wisdom), a Public Works employee, runs afoul of the local military outstation and is drafted in retaliation. He is mostly inept at being a soldier but excels in road repair, so much that he ends up four miles behind enemy lines in France and is mistaken for the resident German commander.
Screwball comedies aren't really my thing, but if you like physical comedy and bumbling antics, this might be worth your time.
I could be wrong (it's happened once or twice) but this definitely feels like it's nostalgic for the late 20s/early 30s screwballs while trying to acknowledge a present that would have felt extremely raw for a lot of the English. Like trying to wrap their trauma in cotton candy to make it go down easier. But I could be reading too much into it.
It's currently streaming on Amazon Prime.
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