A Coming-Out Party
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Ken Annakin
James Robertson-justice
Leslie Phillips
Stanley Baxter
Eric Sykes
Richard Wattis
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Sir Ernest Pease, a famous aeronautical scientist, is a guest on the British version of the television program This Is Your Life and recalls an incident in 1942: Flying over Germany to observe first hand the results of one of his radar experiments, his plane is hit by antiaircraft fire, forcing Pease to parachute to earth. Captured, he is sent to a POW camp, where his fellow prisoners suspect him of being a German spy because of his aloof, taciturn nature and his ability to speak German. After word arrives from the War Office that he is a VIP, all hands join in effecting his escape. Following several unsuccessful attempts, Pease decides to take command of the situation. He hides while his mates pretend there has been an escape. Once certain that German commandant Major Stampfel believes him to be among the missing, Pease and two other prisoners pose as members of the Swiss Red Cross Commission and quietly walk out of the camp . Pease and his friends are reunited on the television program.
Director
Ken Annakin
Cast
James Robertson-justice
Leslie Phillips
Stanley Baxter
Eric Sykes
Richard Wattis
Godfrey Winn
Colin Gordon
Joan Haythorne
John Forrest
Jeremy Lloyd
Peter Myers
Ronald Leigh Hunt
John Ringham
John Le Mesurier
Norman Bird
Ronnie Stevens
Vincent Ball
Ed Devereaux
Brian Oulton
Nancy Nevinson
Heidi Erich
Crew
Arthur Alcott
James Bawden
Henry Blyth
Ron Butcher
Ken Cameron
Tony Cripps
Trevor Crole-rees
Jack Davies
Fred Eames
Stan Fiferman
Norma Garment
Geoffrey Haine
Frederick Hasler
Ron Jackson
Ian Jeayes
James Langfield
Alan Maley
Terence Marsh
Ian Mcmillan
Joy Mercer
John W. Mitchell
Vi Murray
Maud Onslow
Reg Owen
Leslie Parkyn
Leslie Parkyn
Harry Pottle
J. Arthur Rank
Clive Reed
Bert Roberts
Eric Saw
Ralph Sheldon
Ernest Steward
Pamela Tomling
Bernie Williams
Julian Wintle
Julian Wintle
Film Details
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Notes
Opened in London in April 1961 as Very Important Person.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Summer July 30, 1962
Released in United States Summer July 30, 1962
