Released:
1961-04-24

Overview:
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.

Director:
Ken Annakin

Runtime:
1h 38min

Genre:
War, Comedy

• Cast:
• 
  James Robertson Justice
  as
  Sir Ernest "Lieutenant M.J. Farrow, RN" Pease, KBE, FRS
• 
  Leslie Phillips
  as
  Flying Officer Jimmy Cooper
• 
  Stanley Baxter
  as
  Flying Officer S. "Jock" Everett / Major Stamfel
• 
  Eric Sykes
  as
  Sports Officer Willoughby
• 
  Richard Wattis
  as
  Entertainments Officer Woodcock