
Very Important Person
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.
Very Important Person
Rating
5.2/10
Release Date
1961-04-24
Runtime
98 minutes
Status
Released
Cast

James Robertson Justice
Sir Ernest "Lieutenant M.J. Farrow, RN" Pease, KBE, FRS

Leslie Phillips
Flying Officer Jimmy Cooper

Stanley Baxter
Flying Officer S. "Jock" Everett / Major Stamfel

Eric Sykes
Sports Officer Willoughby

Richard Wattis
Entertainments Officer Woodcock

Godfrey Winn
Self

Colin Gordon
Briggs

John Le Mesurier
Escape Officer Piggott

Norman Bird
Senior British Officer Travers

Jeremy Lloyd
Flight Lieutenant J.J. "Bonzo" Baines, DFC

John Forrest
Lieutenant Hans "'Grassy' Green" Kringling

Jean Cadell
Mrs. MacDougall
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