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Very Important Person

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Calorie Rating: 138
Released: 1961-04-24
MPAA Rating: G
Running Time: 98 Minutes
Studios: Independent Artists,


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.

Director / Directors

Ken Annakin
Director


Cast

James Robertson Justice
Character: Sir Ernest "Lieutenant M.J. Farrow, RN" Pease, KBE, FRS
Leslie Phillips
Character: Flying Officer Jimmy Cooper
Stanley Baxter
Character: Flying Officer S. "Jock" Everett / Major Stamfel

Eric Sykes
Character: Sports Officer Willoughby
Richard Wattis
Character: Entertainments Officer Woodcock
Godfrey Winn
Character: Self

Colin Gordon
Character: Briggs
John Le Mesurier
Character: Escape Officer Piggott
Norman Bird
Character: Senior British Officer Travers

Jeremy Lloyd
Character: Flight Lieutenant J.J. "Bonzo" Baines, DFC
John Forrest
Character: Lieutenant Hans "'Grassy' Green" Kringling
Jean Cadell
Character: Mrs. MacDougall

Peter Myers
Character: Flying Officer P.R. Shaw
Ronnie Stevens
Character: Hankley
Ronald Leigh-Hunt
Character: Clynes

Steve Plytas
Character: Luftwaffe Officer
John Ringham
Character: Flying Officer G.S. "Plum" Poudding
Mark Hardy
Character: Prisoner of War

John Huson
Character: Senior RAF Officer
Joseph Fürst
Character: Luftwaffe Interrogator
Norman Shelley
Character: Fred Whittaker

Brian Oulton
Character: Scientist in Corridor
Frederick Piper
Character: Scientist in Corridor
Joan Haythorne
Character: Miss Rogers

Heidi Erich
Character: German Frau
Lesley Allen
Character: German Frau
Derek Aylward
Character: Stagehand (uncredited)

Vincent Ball
Character: Higgins (uncredited)
Ron Carr
Character: German Guard (uncredited)
Tony Castleton
Character: Stagehand (uncredited)

Billy Cornelius
Character: German Guard (uncredited)
Dan Darnelli
Character: Messenger (uncredited)
Hugo de Vernier
Character: Swiss Commissioner (uncredited)

Jack Dearlove
Character: Prisoner of War (uncredited)
Ed Devereaux
Character: Webber (uncredited)
Archie Duncan
Character: Scottish Captain (uncredited)

Hugh Elton
Character: RAF Officer (uncredited)
Roy Everson
Character: Prisoner of War (uncredited)
Ernest Fennemore
Character: Prisoner of War (uncredited)

Chick Fowles
Character: Prisoner of War (uncredited)
Fred Haggerty
Character: German Guard (uncredited)
Patrick Halpin
Character: TV Crew (uncredited)

Peter Hannon
Character: German Guard (uncredited)
Victor Harrington
Character: Prisoner of War (uncredited)
John Herrington
Character: Swiss Commissioner (uncredited)

Norman Lambert
Character: Prisoner of War (uncredited)
Barry Lowe
Character: Forger (uncredited)
Ned Lynch
Character: Prisoner of War (uncredited)

Fred Machon
Character: German Guard (uncredited)
Richard Marner
Character: German Guard (uncredited)
Nancy Nevinson
Character: German Frau (uncredited)

Ian Parsons
Character: Swiss Commissioner (uncredited)
Cecil Paul
Character: Official (uncredited)
Keith Peacock
Character: German Guard (uncredited)

Joe Phelps
Character: German Guard (uncredited)
Charles Price
Character: Stagehand (uncredited)
Prunella Smith
Character: Audience Member (uncredited)

Reg Thomason
Character: Audience Member (uncredited)
Martin Voss
Character: German Guard (uncredited)
Robert Vossler
Character: Audience Member (uncredited)

David Webb
Character: Prisoner of War (uncredited)
Winnie Wiblin
Character: Guest (uncredited)
John Wilder
Character: Audience Member (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Tony Pueo
Costume Design

Riz Ortolani
Original Music Composer
Ted Richmond
Executive Producer
Jack Cardiff
Director of Photography

Elliot Scott
Production Design