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Very Important Person (1961)

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.

Release: 1961-04-24
Runtime: 98 min
Rating: 5.2 / 10
Cast
James Robertson Justice
James Robertson Justice
Sir Ernest "Lieutenant M.J. Farrow, RN" Pease, KBE, FRS
Leslie Phillips
Leslie Phillips
Flying Officer Jimmy Cooper
Stanley Baxter
Stanley Baxter
Flying Officer S. "Jock" Everett / Major Stamfel
Eric Sykes
Eric Sykes
Sports Officer Willoughby
Richard Wattis
Richard Wattis
Entertainments Officer Woodcock
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Godfrey Winn
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Colin Gordon
Colin Gordon
Briggs
John Le Mesurier
John Le Mesurier
Escape Officer Piggott
Norman Bird
Norman Bird
Senior British Officer Travers
Jeremy Lloyd
Jeremy Lloyd
Flight Lieutenant J.J. "Bonzo" Baines, DFC
John Forrest
John Forrest
Lieutenant Hans "'Grassy' Green" Kringling
Jean Cadell
Jean Cadell
Mrs. MacDougall
Peter Myers
Peter Myers
Flying Officer P.R. Shaw
Ronnie Stevens
Ronnie Stevens
Hankley
Ronald Leigh-Hunt
Ronald Leigh-Hunt
Clynes
Steve Plytas
Steve Plytas
Luftwaffe Officer
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John Ringham
Flying Officer G.S. "Plum" Poudding
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Mark Hardy
Prisoner of War