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
Stanley Baxter
Leslie Phillips
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 [1]) is a 1961 British comedy film directed by Ken Annakin and written by Jack Davies and Henry Blyth.[2] The cast includes several well-known British comedy and character actors, including James Robertson Justice, Stanley Baxter in a dual role as a dour Scottish prisoner and a German prisoner-of-war camp officer, Eric Sykes, John Le Mesurier, Leslie Phillips and Richard Wattis.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference nytimes was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Very Important Person". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 18 August 2024.