Release Date

24 Apr, 1961

Runtime

01:38: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

Even the GERMAN ARMY couldn't fight this...

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.

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Actors

James Robertson Justice

Leslie Phillips

Stanley Baxter

Eric Sykes

John Le Mesurier

Richard Wattis

Colin Gordon

Norman Bird

Jeremy Lloyd

John Ringham

Joseph Fürst

Brian Oulton

Mark Hardy

Crew

Ken Annakin

David Ambrose

Alexandre Dumas

Manfred Thurau

Ted Richmond

Riz Ortolani

Jack Cardiff

Elliot Scott

Tony Pueo