Very Important Person
Ken Annakin1961-04-24
Even the GERMAN ARMY couldn't fight this...
5.2
98 min
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
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James Robertson Justice | Sir Ernest "Lieutenant M.J. Farrow, RN" Pease, KBE, FRS | Unowned |
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Leslie Phillips | Flying Officer Jimmy Cooper | Unowned |
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Stanley Baxter | Flying Officer S. "Jock" Everett / Major Stamfel | Unowned |
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Eric Sykes | Sports Officer Willoughby | Unowned |
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Richard Wattis | Entertainments Officer Woodcock | Unowned |
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Godfrey Winn | Self | Unowned |
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Colin Gordon | Briggs | Unowned |
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John Le Mesurier | Escape Officer Piggott | Unowned |
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Norman Bird | Senior British Officer Travers | Unowned |
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Jeremy Lloyd | Flight Lieutenant J.J. "Bonzo" Baines, DFC | Unowned |
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John Forrest | Lieutenant Hans "'Grassy' Green" Kringling | Unowned |
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Jean Cadell | Mrs. MacDougall | Unowned |
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Peter Myers | Flying Officer P.R. Shaw | Unowned |
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Ronnie Stevens | Hankley | Unowned |
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Ronald Leigh-Hunt | Clynes | Unowned |
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Steve Plytas | Luftwaffe Officer | Unowned |
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John Ringham | Flying Officer G.S. "Plum" Poudding | Unowned |
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Mark Hardy | Prisoner of War | Unowned |
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John Huson | Senior RAF Officer | Unowned |
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Joseph Fürst | Luftwaffe Interrogator | Unowned |
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Norman Shelley | Fred Whittaker | Unowned |
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Brian Oulton | Scientist in Corridor | Unowned |
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Frederick Piper | Scientist in Corridor | Unowned |
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Joan Haythorne | Miss Rogers | Unowned |
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Heidi Erich | German Frau | Unowned |
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Lesley Allen | German Frau | Unowned |
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Derek Aylward | Stagehand (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Vincent Ball | Higgins (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Ron Carr | German Guard (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Tony Castleton | Stagehand (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Billy Cornelius | German Guard (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Dan Darnelli | Messenger (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Hugo de Vernier | Swiss Commissioner (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Jack Dearlove | Prisoner of War (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Ed Devereaux | Webber (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Archie Duncan | Scottish Captain (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Hugh Elton | RAF Officer (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Roy Everson | Prisoner of War (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Ernest Fennemore | Prisoner of War (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Chick Fowles | Prisoner of War (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Fred Haggerty | German Guard (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Patrick Halpin | TV Crew (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Peter Hannon | German Guard (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Victor Harrington | Prisoner of War (uncredited) | Unowned |
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John Herrington | Swiss Commissioner (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Norman Lambert | Prisoner of War (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Barry Lowe | Forger (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Ned Lynch | Prisoner of War (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Fred Machon | German Guard (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Richard Marner | German Guard (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Nancy Nevinson | German Frau (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Ian Parsons | Swiss Commissioner (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Cecil Paul | Official (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Keith Peacock | German Guard (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Joe Phelps | German Guard (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Charles Price | Stagehand (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Prunella Smith | Audience Member (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Reg Thomason | Audience Member (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Martin Voss | German Guard (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Robert Vossler | Audience Member (uncredited) | Unowned |
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David Webb | Prisoner of War (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Winnie Wiblin | Guest (uncredited) | Unowned |
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John Wilder | Audience Member (uncredited) | Unowned |