Very Important Person 1961

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
Sir Ernest Pease KBE FRS / Lt. Farrow RN 

Leslie Phillips
Jimmy Cooper 

Stanley Baxter
'Jock' Everett / Kommondant Stamfel 

Eric Sykes
Willoughby, Sports Officer 

John Le Mesurier
Piggott, Escape Officer 

Richard Wattis
Woodcock, Entertainments Officer