Very Important Person

Very Important Person

98 mins | Comedy, War | April 24, 1961

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

98 mins | Comedy, War | April 24, 1961

Very Important Person
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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Independent Artists
Original title Very Important Person
Directors Ken Annakin
Writers

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

Joseph Fürst

as Luftwaffe Interrogator

Brian Oulton

as 1st Scientist in Corridor