Very Important Person (1961) - film review

Comedy

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Very Important Person is a British film comedy first released in 1961, directed by Ken Annakin. The film is based on a novel by John Foley and stars James Robertson Justice, Leslie Phillips, Stanley Baxter and Eric Sykes. It has also been released under the title: A Coming-Out Party. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Credits

Director: Ken Annakin
Script: Henry Blyth, Jack Davies, John Foley (novel)
Photo: Ernest Steward
Music: Reg Owen
Cast: James Robertson Justice (Sir Ernest Pease KBE FRS), Leslie Phillips (Jimmy Cooper), Stanley Baxter (’Jock’ Everett), Eric Sykes (Willoughby, Sports Officer), Richard Wattis (Woodcock, Entertainments Officer), Godfrey Winn (Himself), Colin Gordon (Briggs), John Le Mesurier (Piggott, Escape Officer), Norman Bird (Travers, Senior British Officer), Jeremy Lloyd (’Bonzo’ Baines), John Forrest (Grassy Green), Jean Cadell (Lady Telling Story on TV show. Opening Scene), Peter Myers (Shaw), Ronnie Stevens (Hankley), Ronald Leigh-Hunt (Clynes), Steve Plytas (Luftwaffe Officer), John Ringham (Plum Pouding), Mark Hardy, John Huson, Joseph Fürst (Luftwaffe Interrogator), Norman Shelley (Fred Whittaker), Brian Oulton (1st Scientist in Corridor), Frederick Piper (2nd Scientist in Corridor), Joan Haythorne (Miss Rogers), Heidi Erich (German Frau), Lesley Allen, Derek Aylward (Stagehand), Vincent Ball (Higgins), Ed Devereaux (Webber), Richard Marner (German guard), Nancy Nevinson (German Frau)
Country: UK
Language: English
Runtime: 98 min; B&W
Aka: A Coming-Out Party; V.I.P.

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