Very Important Person

Very Important Person (1961)

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

  • Genre: War, Comedy
  • Release Date: 1961-04-24
  • User Rating: 5.2/10 from 11 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 38min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Independent Artists
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Director: Ken Annakin
star 5.2/10
From 11 Ratings

Summary

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.

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  • James Robertson Justice

    as Sir Ernest "Lieutenant M.J. Farrow, RN" Pease, KBE, FRS

  • Leslie Phillips

    as Flying Officer Jimmy Cooper

  • Stanley Baxter

    as Flying Officer S. "Jock" Everett / Major Stamfel

  • Eric Sykes

    as Sports Officer Willoughby

  • Richard Wattis

    as Entertainments Officer Woodcock

  • Godfrey Winn

    as Self

  • Colin Gordon

    as Briggs

  • John Le Mesurier

    as Escape Officer Piggott

  • Norman Bird

    as Senior British Officer Travers

  • Jeremy Lloyd

    as Flight Lieutenant J.J. "Bonzo" Baines, DFC

  • John Forrest

    as Lieutenant Hans "'Grassy' Green" Kringling

  • Jean Cadell

    as Mrs. MacDougall

  • Peter Myers

    as Flying Officer P.R. Shaw

  • Ronnie Stevens

    as Hankley

  • Ronald Leigh-Hunt

    as Clynes

  • Steve Plytas

    as Luftwaffe Officer

  • John Ringham

    as Flying Officer G.S. "Plum" Poudding

  • Mark Hardy

    as Prisoner of War

  • John Huson

    as Senior RAF Officer

  • Joseph Fürst

    as Luftwaffe Interrogator

  • Norman Shelley

    as Fred Whittaker

  • Brian Oulton

    as Scientist in Corridor

  • Frederick Piper

    as Scientist in Corridor

  • Joan Haythorne

    as Miss Rogers

  • Heidi Erich

    as German Frau

  • Lesley Allen

    as German Frau

  • Derek Aylward

    as Stagehand (uncredited)

  • Vincent Ball

    as Higgins (uncredited)

  • Ron Carr

    as German Guard (uncredited)

  • Tony Castleton

    as Stagehand (uncredited)

  • Billy Cornelius

    as German Guard (uncredited)

  • Dan Darnelli

    as Messenger (uncredited)

  • Hugo de Vernier

    as Swiss Commissioner (uncredited)

  • Jack Dearlove

    as Prisoner of War (uncredited)

  • Ed Devereaux

    as Webber (uncredited)

  • Archie Duncan

    as Scottish Captain (uncredited)

  • Hugh Elton

    as RAF Officer (uncredited)

  • Roy Everson

    as Prisoner of War (uncredited)

  • Ernest Fennemore

    as Prisoner of War (uncredited)

  • Chick Fowles

    as Prisoner of War (uncredited)

  • Fred Haggerty

    as German Guard (uncredited)

  • Patrick Halpin

    as TV Crew (uncredited)

  • Peter Hannon

    as German Guard (uncredited)

  • Victor Harrington

    as Prisoner of War (uncredited)

  • John Herrington

    as Swiss Commissioner (uncredited)

  • Norman Lambert

    as Prisoner of War (uncredited)

  • Barry Lowe

    as Forger (uncredited)

  • Ned Lynch

    as Prisoner of War (uncredited)

  • Fred Machon

    as German Guard (uncredited)

  • Richard Marner

    as German Guard (uncredited)

  • Nancy Nevinson

    as German Frau (uncredited)

  • Ian Parsons

    as Swiss Commissioner (uncredited)

  • Cecil Paul

    as Official (uncredited)

  • Keith Peacock

    as German Guard (uncredited)

  • Joe Phelps

    as German Guard (uncredited)

  • Charles Price

    as Stagehand (uncredited)

  • Prunella Smith

    as Audience Member (uncredited)

  • Reg Thomason

    as Audience Member (uncredited)

  • Martin Voss

    as German Guard (uncredited)

  • Robert Vossler

    as Audience Member (uncredited)

  • David Webb

    as Prisoner of War (uncredited)

  • Winnie Wiblin

    as Guest (uncredited)

  • John Wilder

    as Audience Member (uncredited)
Directing Ken Annakin Director
Writing David Ambrose Writer
Costume & Make-Up Tony Pueo Costume Design
Production Manfred Thurau Producer
Sound Riz Ortolani Original Music Composer
Production Ted Richmond Executive Producer
Camera Jack Cardiff Director of Photography
Art Elliot Scott Production Design
Writing Alexandre Dumas Novel

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