Very Important Person (1961)

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Very Important Person is an amusing British comedy set in a German POW camp during World War II. Sir Ernest Pease (James Robertson Justice) is a self-important professor with a bloated ego and a lightning put-down. When he is flown over Germany disguised as a navy officer to check out the… More Very Important Person is an amusing British comedy set in a German POW camp during World War II. Sir Ernest Pease (James Robertson Justice) is a self-important professor with a bloated ego and a lightning put-down. When he is flown over Germany disguised as a navy officer to check out the effectiveness of one of his radar inventions, his plane is shot down and he lands in the POW camp. All sorts of misunderstandings arise, since the other prisoners suspect him of being a spy. In the meantime, there are the expected clashes of wit between the British prisoners and their dour German captors and the inevitable camp-organized concert. In the midst of these activities, the professor is challenged to find a way to escape. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 38 min.
Directed By: Ken Annakin, Kenn Annakin
Genres: Classics, Comedy

In Theaters: Jul 30, 1962 Wide
On DVD: Jan 29, 2008

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Cast

            Leslie Phillips as Jimmy Cooper

            Stanley Baxter as Everett/Maj. Stampfel

            Eric Sykes as Willoughby

            Richard Wattis as Woodcock

            Godfrey Winn as Himself an Interviewer

            Colin Gordon as Briggs

            Joan Haythorne as Miss Rogers

            John Forrest as Grassy Green

            Jeremy Lloyd as "Bonzo" Baines

            Peter Myers as Shaw

            John Ringham as Plum Pouding

            John Le Mesurier as Piggott

            Norman Bird as Travers

            Vincent Ball as Higgins

            Ed Devereaux as Webber

            Jean Cadell
            
            Joseph Fürst
            
            James Robertson Justice as Sir Ernest Pease

            Ronald Leigh-Hunt as Clynes

            Nancy Nevinson
            
            Brian Oulton as Scientist

            Frederick Piper
            
            Steve Plytas
            
            Norman Shelley
            
            Ronnie Stevens as Hankley

            Mark Hardy
            
            Heidi Erich as German Fraus

            John Huson
            
            Lesley Allen
            
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