Very Important Person
24/04/1961
2h
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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.
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
Godfrey Winn
Self
Colin Gordon
Briggs
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
Hankley
Ronald Leigh-Hunt
Clynes
Steve Plytas
Luftwaffe Officer
John Ringham
Flying Officer G.S. "Plum" Poudding
Mark Hardy
Prisoner of War
John Huson
Senior RAF Officer
Joseph Fürst
Luftwaffe Interrogator
Norman Shelley
Fred Whittaker
Brian Oulton
Scientist in Corridor
Frederick Piper
Scientist in Corridor
Joan Haythorne
Miss Rogers
Heidi Erich
German Frau
Lesley Allen
German Frau
Derek Aylward
Stagehand (uncredited)
Vincent Ball
Higgins (uncredited)
Ron Carr
German Guard (uncredited)
Tony Castleton
Stagehand (uncredited)
Billy Cornelius
German Guard (uncredited)
Dan Darnelli
Messenger (uncredited)
Hugo de Vernier
Swiss Commissioner (uncredited)
Jack Dearlove
Prisoner of War (uncredited)
Ed Devereaux
Webber (uncredited)
Archie Duncan
Scottish Captain (uncredited)
Hugh Elton
RAF Officer (uncredited)
Roy Everson
Prisoner of War (uncredited)
Ernest Fennemore
Prisoner of War (uncredited)
Chick Fowles
Prisoner of War (uncredited)
Fred Haggerty
German Guard (uncredited)
Patrick Halpin
TV Crew (uncredited)
Peter Hannon
German Guard (uncredited)
Victor Harrington
Prisoner of War (uncredited)
John Herrington
Swiss Commissioner (uncredited)
Norman Lambert
Prisoner of War (uncredited)
Barry Lowe
Forger (uncredited)
Ned Lynch
Prisoner of War (uncredited)
Fred Machon
German Guard (uncredited)
Richard Marner
German Guard (uncredited)
Nancy Nevinson
German Frau (uncredited)
Ian Parsons
Swiss Commissioner (uncredited)
Cecil Paul
Official (uncredited)
Keith Peacock
German Guard (uncredited)
Joe Phelps
German Guard (uncredited)
Charles Price
Stagehand (uncredited)
Prunella Smith
Audience Member (uncredited)
Reg Thomason
Audience Member (uncredited)
Martin Voss
German Guard (uncredited)
Robert Vossler
Audience Member (uncredited)
David Webb
Prisoner of War (uncredited)
Winnie Wiblin
Guest (uncredited)
John Wilder
Audience Member (uncredited)
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