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Very Important Person
“Even the GERMAN ARMY couldn't fight this...”
55%
Movie
1h 38m
AI Analysis
Very Important Person (1961) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Very Important Person (1961) — a movie tagged as War and Comedy with funny and epic moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: 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 saf… Our models also surface themes such as war from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for date night and casual background watching. Expect steady storytelling (~98 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Very Important Person 55% (12 votes) — mixed but watchable scores for this movie.
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TMDb audience score
55%
from 12 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
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.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1961-04-24
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- TMDB rating
- 5.5
- TMDB ID
- 120555
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What is Very Important Person about?
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 ... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
Is there an AI analysis for Very Important Person?
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How long is the movie Very Important Person?
The official runtime for Very Important Person is approximately 98 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast
James Robertson Justice
Sir Ernest "Lieutenant M.J. Farrow, RN" Pease, KBE, FRS
Leslie Phillips
Flying Officer Jimmy Cooper
Stanley Baxter
Flying Officer S. "Jock" Everett / Major Stamfel
Eric Sykes
Sports Officer Willoughby
Richard Wattis
Entertainments Officer Woodcock
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Godfrey Winn
Self
Colin Gordon
Briggs
John Le Mesurier
Escape Officer Piggott
Norman Bird
Senior British Officer Travers
Jeremy Lloyd
Flight Lieutenant J.J. "Bonzo" Baines, DFC
John Forrest
Lieutenant Hans "'Grassy' Green" Kringling
Jean Cadell
Mrs. MacDougall
Peter Myers
Flying Officer P.R. Shaw
Ronnie Stevens
Hankley
Ronald Leigh-Hunt
Clynes
Steve Plytas
Luftwaffe Officer
- J
John Ringham
Flying Officer G.S. "Plum" Poudding
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Mark Hardy
Prisoner of War
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