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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