Very Important Person (1961)

Name: Very Important Person
Genre: Comedy, War & Politics
Released: 1961-04-24

1h 38m

Running Time

Plot.

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.

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Details.

Release Date
April 24, 1961

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 38m

Content Rating
G

Genres
Comedy War & Politics

Last updated: 2025-02-10

Wiki.

Very Important Person (U.S. title: A Coming Out Party) is a 1961 British comedy film directed by Ken Annakin and written by Jack Davies and Henry Blyth. The cast includes several well-known British comedy and character actors, including James Robertson Justice, Stanley Baxter in a dual role as a dour Scottish prisoner and a German prisoner-of-war camp officer, Eric Sykes, John Le Mesurier, Leslie Phillips and Richard Wattis.