Very Important Person

April. 24,1961      G
Rating:
6.7
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

James Robertson Justice as  Sir Ernest Pease KBE FRS / Lt. Farrow RN
Leslie Phillips as  Jimmy Cooper
Stanley Baxter as  'Jock' Everett / Kommondant Stamfel
Eric Sykes as  Willoughby, Sports Officer
John Le Mesurier as  Piggott, Escape Officer
Richard Wattis as  Woodcock, Entertainments Officer
Colin Gordon as  Briggs
Norman Bird as  Travers
Jeremy Lloyd as  Flt Lt. 'Bonzo' Baines DFC
Joseph Fürst as  Luftwaffe Interrogator