Very Important Person (1961)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 1961-04-24
Runtime: 98 minutes
Director: Ken Annakin
Top Cast
- James Robertson Justice as Sir Ernest Pease KBE FRS / Lt. Farrow RN
- Leslie Phillips as Jimmy Cooper
- Stanley Baxter as 'Jock' Everett / Kommondant Stamfel
- Eric Sykes as Willoughby, Sports Officer
- John Le Mesurier as Piggott, Escape Officer
- Richard Wattis as Woodcock, Entertainments Officer
- Colin Gordon as Briggs
- Norman Bird as Travers
- Jeremy Lloyd as Flt Lt. 'Bonzo' Baines DFC
- John Ringham as P/OGS 'Plum' Pouding
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