Very Important Person (film)

Very Important Person
Original British cinema poster
Directed byKen Annakin
Written byJack Davies
Henry Blyth
Produced byLeslie Parkyn
Julian Wintle
StarringJames Robertson Justice
Leslie Phillips
Stanley Baxter
Eric Sykes
Richard Wattis
Godfrey Winn
CinematographyErnest Steward
Edited byRalph Sheldon
Music byReg Owen
Production
company
Distributed byThe Rank Organisation (UK)
Union Film Distributors (US)
Release dates
  • 20 April 1961 (1961-04-20) (UK)
  • 30 July 1962 (1962-07-30) (US)
Running time
98 min.
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Very Important Person (U.S. title: A Coming Out Party) 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.

The film is first collaboration of James Robertson Justice, Leslie Phillips and Stanley Baxter, the work together in other three films.

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