Very Important Person
movie
Even the GERMAN ARMY couldn't fight this...
Released April 24, 1961
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.
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
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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
