
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
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Cast

Fred Haggerty
German Guard (uncredited)

John Forrest
Lieutenant Hans "'Grassy' Green" Kringling

Ronald Leigh-Hunt
Clynes

Vincent Ball
Higgins (uncredited)

Ed Devereaux
Webber (uncredited)

Nancy Nevinson
German Frau (uncredited)

Jean Cadell
Mrs. MacDougall

Steve Plytas
Luftwaffe Officer

Norman Shelley
Fred Whittaker

Eric Sykes
Sports Officer Willoughby

Ronnie Stevens
Hankley

Brian Oulton
Scientist in Corridor

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

Richard Wattis
Entertainments Officer Woodcock

Colin Gordon
Briggs

Norman Bird
Senior British Officer Travers

Joseph Fürst
Luftwaffe Interrogator

Richard Marner
German Guard (uncredited)

David Webb
Prisoner of War (uncredited)

John Le Mesurier
Escape Officer Piggott

Peter Myers
Flying Officer P.R. Shaw

Frederick Piper
Scientist in Corridor

Derek Aylward
Stagehand (uncredited)

Archie Duncan
Scottish Captain (uncredited)

Leslie Phillips
Flying Officer Jimmy Cooper

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

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