Very Important Person

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.

• Ken AnnakinDirector
• Riz OrtolaniOriginal Music Composer
• David AmbroseWriter

• James Robertson JusticeSir Ernest "Lieutenant M.J. Farrow, RN" Pease, KBE, FRS
• Leslie PhillipsFlying Officer Jimmy Cooper
• Stanley BaxterFlying Officer S. "Jock" Everett / Major Stamfel
• Eric SykesSports Officer Willoughby
• Richard WattisEntertainments Officer Woodcock
• Godfrey WinnSelf
• Colin GordonBriggs
• John Le MesurierEscape Officer Piggott
• Norman BirdSenior British Officer Travers
• Jeremy LloydFlight Lieutenant J.J. "Bonzo" Baines, DFC
• John ForrestLieutenant Hans "'Grassy' Green" Kringling
• Jean CadellMrs. MacDougall