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A Coming-Out Party (1961)
Very Important Person (original title)

98 min  -  Comedy  -   11 September 1961 (Sweden)
6.2
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A somewhat happy-go-lucky bunch of Brits in a German POW camp find their new acerbic fellow prisoner is a key officer who must be got out at all cost.

Director:

Ken Annakin

Writers:

Henry Blyth (original screenplay), Jack Davies (original screenplay), and 1 more credit »

Stars:

James Robertson Justice, Leslie Phillips and Stanley Baxter
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
James Robertson Justice James Robertson Justice ...
Sir Ernest Pease KBE FRS / Lt. Farrow RN
Leslie Phillips Leslie Phillips ...
Jimmy Cooper
Stanley Baxter Stanley Baxter ...
'Jock' Everett / Kommondant Stamfel
Eric Sykes Eric Sykes ...
Willoughby, Sports Officer
Richard Wattis Richard Wattis ...
Woodcock, Entertainments Officer
Godfrey Winn Godfrey Winn ...
Himself
Colin Gordon Colin Gordon ...
Briggs
John Le Mesurier John Le Mesurier ...
Piggott, Escape Officer
Norman Bird Norman Bird ...
Travers, Senior British Officer
Jeremy Lloyd Jeremy Lloyd ...
'Bonzo' Baines
John Forrest John Forrest ...
Grassy Green
Jean Cadell Jean Cadell ...
Lady Telling Story on TV show. Opening Scene
Peter Myers Peter Myers ...
Shaw
Ronnie Stevens ...
Hankley
Ronald Leigh-Hunt Ronald Leigh-Hunt ...
Clynes (as Ronald Leigh Hunt)
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Storyline

A somewhat happy-go-lucky bunch of Brits in a German POW camp find their new acerbic fellow prisoner is a key officer who must be got out at all cost. Written by Jeremy Perkins {J-26}  

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Plot Keywords:

Escape | Military Officer | German Soldier | Nazi | Scientist  | See more »

Taglines:

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

Genres:

Comedy

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Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Aporrito minyma K.-42 See more »

Filming Locations:

Beaconsfield Studios, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

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Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1
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Trivia

When James Robertson Justice's character shouts at the Lageroffizier, it translates as "You can kiss my arse, you filthy Nazi!" Possibly, James Robertson Justice, who spoke fluent German, ad-libbed this, certain that the rest of the crew probably wouldn't understand it, most of the audience wouldn't and the censors undoubtedly wouldn't (or get the jokes). See more »

Quotes

Sir Ernest Pease KBE FRS: Cooking requires no intelligence. Were it otherwise women would be no good at it.
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Featured in War Stories (2006) See more »