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.

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

Credits

Ken AnnakinDirector

James Robertson JusticeSir Ernest Pease KBE FRS / Lt. Farrow RN

Leslie PhillipsJimmy Cooper

Stanley Baxter'Jock' Everett / Kommondant Stamfel

Eric SykesWilloughby, Sports Officer