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5.5Comedy 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.
Released: 1961-04-2498 minDir: Ken AnnakinWar, Comedy
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
- Godfrey Winn as Self
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- World War II
- Director
- Ken Annakin
- Screenwriter
- Jack Davies
- Cast member
- Leslie Phillips
- Producer
- Julian Wintle
- Production company
- The Rank Organisation
- Cinematographer
- Ernest Steward
- Narrative location
- Germany
- Duration
- 98
- FilmAffinity ID
- 582509
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- publication date
- 1961-01-01
- distributed by
- The Rank Organisation
- title
- Very Important Person
- color
- black-and-white
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