Very Important Person (1961)

5.5/10 • 98 min • War Comedy

Overview

Sir Ernest Pease is a self-important scientist 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

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

Colin Gordon

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

Peter Myers

Flying Officer P.R. Shaw

Ronnie Stevens

Ronald Leigh-Hunt

Steve Plytas

Luftwaffe Officer

Joseph Fürst

Luftwaffe Interrogator

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