Very Important Person
Ken Annakin1961-04-24
Even the GERMAN ARMY couldn't fight this...
5.5
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
| Name | Character | Team | |
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James Robertson Justice | Sir Ernest Pease KBE FRS / Lt. Farrow RN | Unowned |
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Leslie Phillips | Jimmy Cooper | Unowned |
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Stanley Baxter | 'Jock' Everett / Kommondant Stamfel | Unowned |
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Eric Sykes | Willoughby, Sports Officer | Unowned |
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John Le Mesurier | Piggott, Escape Officer | Unowned |
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Richard Wattis | Woodcock, Entertainments Officer | Unowned |
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Colin Gordon | Briggs | Unowned |
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Norman Bird | Travers | Unowned |
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Jeremy Lloyd | Flt Lt. 'Bonzo' Baines DFC | Unowned |
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John Ringham | P/OGS 'Plum' Pouding | Unowned |
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Joseph Fürst | Luftwaffe Interrogator | Unowned |
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Brian Oulton | 1st Scientist in Corridor | Unowned |
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Mark Hardy | Unowned |