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Very Important Person
Film / 1961

Very Important Person

Directed by Ken Annakin
WarComedy

★ 5.5/10Audience rating

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 …

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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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Peter MyersFlying Officer P.R. Shaw Ronnie StevensHankley Ronald Leigh-HuntClynes Steve PlytasLuftwaffe Officer John RinghamFlying Officer G.S. "Plum" Poudding Mark HardyPrisoner of War John HusonSenior RAF Officer Joseph FürstLuftwaffe Interrogator Norman ShelleyFred Whittaker Brian OultonScientist in Corridor Frederick PiperScientist in Corridor Joan HaythorneMiss Rogers Heidi ErichGerman Frau Lesley AllenGerman Frau Derek AylwardStagehand (uncredited) Vincent BallHiggins (uncredited) Ron CarrGerman Guard (uncredited) Tony CastletonStagehand (uncredited) Billy CorneliusGerman Guard (uncredited) Dan DarnelliMessenger (uncredited) Hugo de VernierSwiss Commissioner (uncredited) Jack DearlovePrisoner of War (uncredited) Ed DevereauxWebber (uncredited) Archie DuncanScottish Captain (uncredited) Hugh EltonRAF Officer (uncredited) Roy EversonPrisoner of War (uncredited) Ernest FennemorePrisoner of War (uncredited) Chick FowlesPrisoner of War (uncredited) Fred HaggertyGerman Guard (uncredited) Patrick HalpinTV Crew (uncredited) Peter HannonGerman Guard (uncredited) Victor HarringtonPrisoner of War (uncredited) John HerringtonSwiss Commissioner (uncredited) Norman LambertPrisoner of War (uncredited) Barry LoweForger (uncredited) Ned LynchPrisoner of War (uncredited) Fred MachonGerman Guard (uncredited) Richard MarnerGerman Guard (uncredited) Nancy NevinsonGerman Frau (uncredited) Ian ParsonsSwiss Commissioner (uncredited) Cecil PaulOfficial (uncredited) Keith PeacockGerman Guard (uncredited) Joe PhelpsGerman Guard (uncredited) Charles PriceStagehand (uncredited) Prunella SmithAudience Member (uncredited) Reg ThomasonAudience Member (uncredited) Martin VossGerman Guard (uncredited) Robert VosslerAudience Member (uncredited) David WebbPrisoner of War (uncredited) Winnie WiblinGuest (uncredited) John WilderAudience Member (uncredited)

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