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Very Important Person
1 hour 38 minutes1961-04-24
5.5
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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.
Cast
![James Robertson Justice](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//u0fYhKndmqr99KGV6SOhjXuMOnX.jpg)
James Robertson Justice
Sir Ernest Pease KBE FRS / Lt. Farrow RN
![Leslie Phillips](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//xD1ud9ud75GRRQz2EDATyE7NhUV.jpg)
Leslie Phillips
Jimmy Cooper
![Stanley Baxter](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//a2kNxA0Ymj3uxejO8IJsg7z7X94.jpg)
Stanley Baxter
'Jock' Everett / Kommondant Stamfel
![Eric Sykes](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//4SrfLxY7K8L1Q0rybDTMElrEo5z.jpg)
Eric Sykes
Willoughby, Sports Officer
![John Le Mesurier](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//g1rRFVloFMOkxaIvj8Ja1CliTkP.jpg)
John Le Mesurier
Piggott, Escape Officer
![Richard Wattis](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//9pTeYuFSEN85DACrS77vGZ1tm6D.jpg)
Richard Wattis
Woodcock, Entertainments Officer
![Colin Gordon](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//aGLWJWtW0bVEUCCEEDAshz4qu2Y.jpg)
Colin Gordon
Briggs
![Norman Bird](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//gWimNB9CRJvE24vOeJbLpkxOi4q.jpg)
Norman Bird
Travers
![Jeremy Lloyd](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//mdZTUZDzNHDaDFShQBqBabLMPOG.jpg)
Jeremy Lloyd
Flt Lt. 'Bonzo' Baines DFC
![John Ringham](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
John Ringham
P/OGS 'Plum' Pouding
![Joseph Fürst](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//73rgDkyzVQvdkxZdtcOj5HN901V.jpg)
Joseph Fürst
Luftwaffe Interrogator
![Brian Oulton](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//uOgp6kuUPaeru6uX1BUAD4ySI67.jpg)
Brian Oulton
1st Scientist in Corridor
![Mark Hardy](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)