Very Important Person (1961)
Sir Ernest Pease is a self-important scientist 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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Cast
- James Robertson Justice — Sir Ernest "Lieutenant M.J. Farrow, RN" Pease, KBE, FRS
- Leslie Phillips — Flying Officer Jimmy Cooper
- Stanley Baxter — Flying Officer S. "Jock" Everett / Major Stamfel
- Eric Sykes — Sports Officer Willoughby
- Richard Wattis — Entertainments Officer Woodcock
- Godfrey Winn — Self
- Colin Gordon — Briggs
- John Le Mesurier — Escape Officer Piggott
- Norman Bird — Senior British Officer Travers
- Jeremy Lloyd — Flight Lieutenant J.J. "Bonzo" Baines, DFC
- John Forrest — Lieutenant Hans "'Grassy' Green" Kringling
- Jean Cadell — Mrs. MacDougall
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