Very Important Person

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

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.

War Comedy

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)

Peter Myers

(Flying Officer P.R. Shaw)

Ronnie Stevens

(Hankley)

Ronald Leigh-Hunt

(Clynes)

Steve Plytas

(Luftwaffe Officer)

John Ringham

(Flying Officer G.S. "Plum" Poudding)

Mark Hardy

(Prisoner of War)

John Huson

(Senior RAF Officer)

Joseph Fürst

(Luftwaffe Interrogator)

Norman Shelley

(Fred Whittaker)

Brian Oulton

(Scientist in Corridor)

Frederick Piper

(Scientist in Corridor)

Joan Haythorne

(Miss Rogers)

Heidi Erich

(German Frau)

Lesley Allen

(German Frau)

Derek Aylward

(Stagehand (uncredited))

Vincent Ball

(Higgins (uncredited))

Ron Carr

(German Guard (uncredited))

Tony Castleton

(Stagehand (uncredited))

Billy Cornelius

(German Guard (uncredited))

Dan Darnelli

(Messenger (uncredited))

Hugo de Vernier

(Swiss Commissioner (uncredited))

Jack Dearlove

(Prisoner of War (uncredited))

Ed Devereaux

(Webber (uncredited))

Archie Duncan

(Scottish Captain (uncredited))

Hugh Elton

(RAF Officer (uncredited))

Roy Everson

(Prisoner of War (uncredited))

Ernest Fennemore

(Prisoner of War (uncredited))

Chick Fowles

(Prisoner of War (uncredited))

Fred Haggerty

(German Guard (uncredited))

Patrick Halpin

(TV Crew (uncredited))

Peter Hannon

(German Guard (uncredited))

Victor Harrington

(Prisoner of War (uncredited))

John Herrington

(Swiss Commissioner (uncredited))

Norman Lambert

(Prisoner of War (uncredited))

Barry Lowe

(Forger (uncredited))

Ned Lynch

(Prisoner of War (uncredited))

Fred Machon

(German Guard (uncredited))

Richard Marner

(German Guard (uncredited))

Nancy Nevinson

(German Frau (uncredited))

Ian Parsons

(Swiss Commissioner (uncredited))

Cecil Paul

(Official (uncredited))

Keith Peacock

(German Guard (uncredited))

Joe Phelps

(German Guard (uncredited))

Charles Price

(Stagehand (uncredited))

Prunella Smith

(Audience Member (uncredited))

Reg Thomason

(Audience Member (uncredited))

Martin Voss

(German Guard (uncredited))

Robert Vossler

(Audience Member (uncredited))

David Webb

(Prisoner of War (uncredited))

Winnie Wiblin

(Guest (uncredited))

John Wilder

(Audience Member (uncredited))