
Very Important Person
Even the GERMAN ARMY couldn't fight this...
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.
Director Ken Annakin
Trailer
Cast

Stanley Baxter
Flying Officer S. "Jock" Everett / Major Stamfel

John Le Mesurier
Escape Officer Piggott

Ronnie Stevens
Hankley

Richard Marner
German Guard (uncredited)

Brian Oulton
Scientist in Corridor

Norman Bird
Senior British Officer Travers

Jean Cadell
Mrs. MacDougall

Joseph Fürst
Luftwaffe Interrogator

Frederick Piper
Scientist in Corridor

Ronald Leigh-Hunt
Clynes

Steve Plytas
Luftwaffe Officer

Vincent Ball
Higgins (uncredited)

Nancy Nevinson
German Frau (uncredited)

Colin Gordon
Briggs

John Forrest
Lieutenant Hans "'Grassy' Green" Kringling

Archie Duncan
Scottish Captain (uncredited)

Ed Devereaux
Webber (uncredited)

Fred Haggerty
German Guard (uncredited)

Norman Shelley
Fred Whittaker

James Robertson Justice
Sir Ernest "Lieutenant M.J. Farrow, RN" Pease, KBE, FRS

Leslie Phillips
Flying Officer Jimmy Cooper

Richard Wattis
Entertainments Officer Woodcock

Jeremy Lloyd
Flight Lieutenant J.J. "Bonzo" Baines, DFC

Peter Myers
Flying Officer P.R. Shaw

David Webb
Prisoner of War (uncredited)

Eric Sykes
Sports Officer Willoughby

Derek Aylward
Stagehand (uncredited)