Very Important Person
G
1961
98 minutes
Overview
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.
Top Cast
James Robertson Justice
Sir Ernest Pease KBE FRS / Lt. Farrow RN
Leslie Phillips
Jimmy Cooper
Stanley Baxter
'Jock' Everett / Kommondant Stamfel
Eric Sykes
Willoughby, Sports Officer
John Le Mesurier
Piggott, Escape Officer
Richard Wattis
Woodcock, Entertainments Officer
Colin Gordon
Briggs
Norman Bird
Travers
Jeremy Lloyd
Flt Lt. 'Bonzo' Baines DFC
John Ringham
P/OGS 'Plum' Pouding
Joseph Fürst
Luftwaffe Interrogator
Brian Oulton
1st Scientist in Corridor