Movie Description
School for Secrets
(1946)Overview
Wartime tale of a group of British scientists efforts to develop the first radar system. They did it just in time for it to be used in the Battle of Britain against the might of the Nazi Luftwaffe. Without it the little island could well have been overrun.
Featured Crew
- Director : Peter Ustinov
- Producer : George H. Brown,Peter Ustinov
- Writer : Peter Ustinov
- Editor : Russell Lloyd
- Cast : Ralph Richardson,Raymond Huntley,John Laurie,Ernest Jay,David Tomlinson,Finlay Currie,Norman Webb,Michael Hordern,Pamela Matthews,Joan Haythorne,Joan Young,Ann Wilton,Richard Attenborough,David Hutcheson,Patrick Waddington,Cyril Smith,James Hayter,D. Bradley Smith,Robin Bailey,Hugh Dempster,Kenneth Buckley,Paul Carpenter,Anthony Dawson,Robert Long,Richard Mantell,Murray Matheson,Anthony Wyckham,Peggy Evans,Ingrid Forrest,Geraldine Keyes,Vida Hope,Sonia Elverson,Robert Wyndham,Andrew Blackett,Bill Owen,Tony Arpino,Peter March,Bob Elson,Roger Keyes,Trevening Hill,Edward Hodge,Joseph Almas,Arthur Rieck,Ernest Urbank,Karl Morel,Marjorie Rhodes,Edward Lexy,Hugh Pryse,O.B. Clarence,Aubrey Mallalieu,Desmond Roberts,Guy Belmore,Alvar Liddell,Kenneth More,Arthur Mullard,Ian Selby
Cast
Prof. Heatherville
Prof. Laxton-Jones
Dr. McVitie
Dr. Dainty
Mr. Watlington
Sir Duncan Wills
Dr. Wainwright
Lt. Cmdr. Lowther
Mrs. Watlington
Mrs. Laxton-Jones
Mrs. McVitie
Mrs. Dainty
Jack Arnold
Squadron Leader Sowerby
Group Capt. Aspinall
Flight Sgt. Cox
Warrant Officer
Air Marshal Cotter
Wives' Escort Officer
Sqdn. Ldr. Slatter
Sqdn. Ldr. Buckley
Flt. Lt. Argylle
Flt. Lt. Norton
Flying Officer Davies
Air Vice-Marshal
Wing Cdr. Allen
Flying Officer Ogden
Daphne Adams
Penelope Birkenshaw
Phyllis Hammond
WAAF Flight Sergeant
WAAF Teller
Major
Captain
Paratroop Sergeant
1st Commando
2nd Commando
3rd Commando
4th Commando
5th Commando
6th Commando
Dr. Klemmerhahn
Lt. Hense
1st Sentry
2nd Sentry
Mrs. Arnold
Sir Desmond Prosser
Sir Nicholas Hathaway
Old Retainer
1st Club Member
2nd Club Member
3rd Club Member
BBC Announcer (voice)
Bomb Aimer (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Man at Dance (uncredited)
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Facts
Original TitleSchool for Secrets
Status Released
Release Information
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1946-12-23
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 48m
Production CompaniesTwo Cities Films,General Film Distributors
Genres
- Drama
- War
