Very Important Person (1961)
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.
- Released
- 1961-04-24
- Genres
- War, Comedy
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Ken Annakin
- TMDB rating
- 5.5/10 from 12 votes
Cast
- James Robertson Justice as Sir Ernest "Lieutenant M.J. Farrow, RN" Pease, KBE, FRS
- Leslie Phillips as Flying Officer Jimmy Cooper
- Stanley Baxter as Flying Officer S. "Jock" Everett / Major Stamfel
- Eric Sykes as Sports Officer Willoughby
- Richard Wattis as Entertainments Officer Woodcock
- Godfrey Winn as Self
- Colin Gordon as Briggs
- John Le Mesurier as Escape Officer Piggott
- Norman Bird as Senior British Officer Travers
- Jeremy Lloyd as Flight Lieutenant J.J. "Bonzo" Baines, DFC
- John Forrest as Lieutenant Hans "'Grassy' Green" Kringling
- Jean Cadell as Mrs. MacDougall