Very Important Person

Release Date: 1961-04-24

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.

Rating: 5.2 / 10

Cast

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