---
title: 'Very Important Person (1961)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ken Annakin'
released: '1961-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 98
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/very-important-person-1961'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055593/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Very Important Person (1961)

1961 · 98 min · Comedy · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Very Important Person 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 dour Scottish prisoner Jock Everett and German prisoner-of-war camp officer Major Stampfel, Eric Sykes, John Le Mesurier, Leslie Phillips and Richard Wattis.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ken Annakin](https://cinepixo.com/people/ken-annakin)
- **Screenplay:** [Jack Davies](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-davies)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Reg Owen](https://cinepixo.com/people/reg-owen)
- **Producer:** [Julian Wintle](https://cinepixo.com/people/julian-wintle)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ernest Steward](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-steward)
- **Editor:** [Ralph Sheldon](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-sheldon)

## Cast

- [Stanley Baxter](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-baxter)
- [James Robertson Justice](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-robertson-justice)
- [Leslie Phillips](https://cinepixo.com/people/leslie-phillips)

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