Very Important Person

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Very Important Person

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

1961

1h 38m

5.2(11 votes)

War

Comedy

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.

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63 members

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James Robertson Justice

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

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Leslie Phillips

Flying Officer Jimmy Cooper

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Stanley Baxter

Flying Officer S. "Jock" Everett / Major Stamfel

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Eric Sykes

Sports Officer Willoughby

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Richard Wattis

Entertainments Officer Woodcock

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Godfrey Winn

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Colin Gordon

Briggs

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John Le Mesurier

Escape Officer Piggott

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Norman Bird

Senior British Officer Travers

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Jeremy Lloyd

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

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John Forrest

Lieutenant Hans "'Grassy' Green" Kringling

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Jean Cadell

Mrs. MacDougall

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Peter Myers

Flying Officer P.R. Shaw

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Ronnie Stevens

Hankley

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Ronald Leigh-Hunt

Clynes

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Steve Plytas

Luftwaffe Officer

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John Ringham

Flying Officer G.S. "Plum" Poudding

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Mark Hardy

Prisoner of War

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John Huson

Senior RAF Officer

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Joseph Fürst

Luftwaffe Interrogator

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Norman Shelley

Fred Whittaker

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Brian Oulton

Scientist in Corridor

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Frederick Piper

Scientist in Corridor

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Joan Haythorne

Miss Rogers

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Heidi Erich

German Frau

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Lesley Allen

German Frau

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Derek Aylward

Stagehand (uncredited)

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Vincent Ball

Higgins (uncredited)

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Ron Carr

German Guard (uncredited)

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Tony Castleton

Stagehand (uncredited)

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Billy Cornelius

German Guard (uncredited)

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Dan Darnelli

Messenger (uncredited)

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Hugo de Vernier

Swiss Commissioner (uncredited)

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Jack Dearlove

Prisoner of War (uncredited)

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Ed Devereaux

Webber (uncredited)

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Archie Duncan

Scottish Captain (uncredited)

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Hugh Elton

RAF Officer (uncredited)

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Roy Everson

Prisoner of War (uncredited)

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Ernest Fennemore

Prisoner of War (uncredited)

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Chick Fowles

Prisoner of War (uncredited)

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Fred Haggerty

German Guard (uncredited)

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Patrick Halpin

TV Crew (uncredited)

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Peter Hannon

German Guard (uncredited)

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Victor Harrington

Prisoner of War (uncredited)

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John Herrington

Swiss Commissioner (uncredited)

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Norman Lambert

Prisoner of War (uncredited)

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Barry Lowe

Forger (uncredited)

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Ned Lynch

Prisoner of War (uncredited)

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Fred Machon

German Guard (uncredited)

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Richard Marner

German Guard (uncredited)

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Nancy Nevinson

German Frau (uncredited)

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Ian Parsons

Swiss Commissioner (uncredited)

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Cecil Paul

Official (uncredited)

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Keith Peacock

German Guard (uncredited)

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Joe Phelps

German Guard (uncredited)

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Charles Price

Stagehand (uncredited)

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Prunella Smith

Audience Member (uncredited)

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Reg Thomason

Audience Member (uncredited)

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Martin Voss

German Guard (uncredited)

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Robert Vossler

Audience Member (uncredited)

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David Webb

Prisoner of War (uncredited)

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Winnie Wiblin

Guest (uncredited)

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John Wilder

Audience Member (uncredited)

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