Very Important Person

Very Important Person (1961)

Even the GERMAN ARMY couldn't fight this...

War Comedy

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.

star 5.2 6.7
  • Release Date: 1961-04-24
  • Runtime: 1h 38min
  • Director: Ken Annakin

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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)