Very Important Person (film)
1961 British film by Ken Annakin / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Very Important Person (retitled A Coming Out Party in the United States) 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 a dour Scottish prisoner and a German prisoner-of-war camp officer, Eric Sykes, John Le Mesurier, Leslie Phillips and Richard Wattis.
Very Important Person | |
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Directed by | Ken Annakin |
Written by | Jack Davies Henry Blyth |
Produced by | Leslie Parkyn Julian Wintle |
Starring | James Robertson Justice Stanley Baxter Leslie Phillips |
Cinematography | Ernest Steward |
Edited by | Ralph Sheldon |
Music by | Reg Owen |
Production company | |
Distributed by | The Rank Organisation (UK) Union Film Distributors (US) |
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Running time | 98 min. |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
The film had its world premiere on 20 April 1961 at the Leicester Square Theatre in London's West End and went on general release in late May on Rank's second string National circuit.
It was released in the U.S. as Coming-Out Party.[1]