Movie Description
Very Important Person
(1961)Overview
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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Ken Annakin
- Producer : Manfred Thurau
- Writer : David Ambrose
- Cast : James Robertson Justice,Leslie Phillips,Stanley Baxter,Eric Sykes,Richard Wattis,Godfrey Winn,Colin Gordon,John Le Mesurier,Norman Bird,Jeremy Lloyd,John Forrest,Jean Cadell,Peter Myers,Ronnie Stevens,Ronald Leigh-Hunt,Steve Plytas,John Ringham,Mark Hardy,John Huson,Joseph Fürst,Norman Shelley,Brian Oulton,Frederick Piper,Joan Haythorne,Heidi Erich,Lesley Allen,Derek Aylward,Vincent Ball,Ron Carr,Tony Castleton,Billy Cornelius,Dan Darnelli,Hugo de Vernier,Jack Dearlove,Ed Devereaux,Archie Duncan,Hugh Elton,Roy Everson,Ernest Fennemore,Chick Fowles,Fred Haggerty,Patrick Halpin,Peter Hannon,Victor Harrington,John Herrington,Norman Lambert,Barry Lowe,Ned Lynch,Fred Machon,Richard Marner,Nancy Nevinson,Ian Parsons,Cecil Paul,Keith Peacock,Joe Phelps,Charles Price,Prunella Smith,Reg Thomason,Martin Voss,Robert Vossler,David Webb,Winnie Wiblin,John Wilder
Cast
Sir Ernest "Lieutenant M.J. Farrow, RN" Pease, KBE, FRS
Flying Officer Jimmy Cooper
Flying Officer S. "Jock" Everett / Major Stamfel
Sports Officer Willoughby
Entertainments Officer Woodcock
Self
Briggs
Escape Officer Piggott
Senior British Officer Travers
Flight Lieutenant J.J. "Bonzo" Baines, DFC
Lieutenant Hans "'Grassy' Green" Kringling
Mrs. MacDougall
Flying Officer P.R. Shaw
Hankley
Clynes
Luftwaffe Officer
Flying Officer G.S. "Plum" Poudding
Prisoner of War
Senior RAF Officer
Luftwaffe Interrogator
Fred Whittaker
Scientist in Corridor
Scientist in Corridor
Miss Rogers
German Frau
German Frau
Stagehand (uncredited)
Higgins (uncredited)
German Guard (uncredited)
Stagehand (uncredited)
German Guard (uncredited)
Messenger (uncredited)
Swiss Commissioner (uncredited)
Prisoner of War (uncredited)
Webber (uncredited)
Scottish Captain (uncredited)
RAF Officer (uncredited)
Prisoner of War (uncredited)
Prisoner of War (uncredited)
Prisoner of War (uncredited)
German Guard (uncredited)
TV Crew (uncredited)
German Guard (uncredited)
Prisoner of War (uncredited)
Swiss Commissioner (uncredited)
Prisoner of War (uncredited)
Forger (uncredited)
Prisoner of War (uncredited)
German Guard (uncredited)
German Guard (uncredited)
German Frau (uncredited)
Swiss Commissioner (uncredited)
Official (uncredited)
German Guard (uncredited)
German Guard (uncredited)
Stagehand (uncredited)
Audience Member (uncredited)
Audience Member (uncredited)
German Guard (uncredited)
Audience Member (uncredited)
Prisoner of War (uncredited)
Guest (uncredited)
Audience Member (uncredited)
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Facts
Original TitleVery Important Person
Status Released
Release Information
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1961-04-24
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 01h 38m
Production CompaniesIndependent Artists
Genres
- War
- Comedy
