Very Important Person (1961)

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Even the GERMAN ARMY couldn't fight this...

Comedy set in World War Two, starring James Robertson-Justice and Leslie Phillips. Sir Ernest Pease (Robertson-Justice) is a self-important scientist who is sent undercover on a bombing mission to monitor the effectiveness of his latest invention, a new-fangled radar. When the plane is attacked, he parachutes to safety - only to be sent to a POW camp, where he takes on the alias of Lieutenant Farrow. There, the somewhat happy-go-lucky bunch of Brits suspect their acerbic new fellow prisoner of being a spy, and all sorts of culture clashes and misunderstandings ensue.

Cast & Crew

Director
Ken Annakin
  • Profile picture of James Robertson Justice
    Sir Ernest Pease KBE FRS / Lt. Farrow RN James Robertson Justice
  • Profile picture of Leslie Phillips
    Jimmy Cooper Leslie Phillips
  • Profile picture of Stanley Baxter
    'Jock' Everett / Kommondant Stamfel Stanley Baxter
  • Profile picture of Eric Sykes
    Willoughby, Sports Officer Eric Sykes
  • Profile picture of John Le Mesurier
    Piggott, Escape Officer John Le Mesurier
  • Profile picture of Richard Wattis
    Woodcock, Entertainments Officer Richard Wattis
  • Profile picture of Colin Gordon
    Briggs Colin Gordon
  • Profile picture of Norman Bird
    Travers Norman Bird

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