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.

Top Cast

James Robertson Justice

Sir Ernest Pease KBE FRS / Lt. Farrow RN

Leslie Phillips

Jimmy Cooper

Stanley Baxter

'Jock' Everett / Kommondant Stamfel

Eric Sykes

Willoughby, Sports Officer

John Le Mesurier

Piggott, Escape Officer

Richard Wattis

Woodcock, Entertainments Officer

Colin Gordon

Briggs

Norman Bird

Travers

Jeremy Lloyd

Flt Lt. 'Bonzo' Baines DFC

John Ringham

P/OGS 'Plum' Pouding

Joseph Fürst

Luftwaffe Interrogator

Brian Oulton

1st Scientist in Corridor

Mark Hardy