Very Important Person
1961Comedy 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.
Acted in
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
John Ringham
as P/OGS 'Plum' Pouding
Joseph Fürst
as Luftwaffe Interrogator
Brian Oulton
as 1st Scientist in Corridor
Mark Hardy