School for Secrets(1946)
movie - first aired/released 1946-12-23 - 108 min - audience 7.2
Drama, War
Directed by Peter Ustinov
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.
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Cast
Ralph RichardsonProf. Heatherville
Raymond HuntleyProf. Laxton-Jones
John LaurieDr. McVitie- Ernest JayDr. Dainty
David TomlinsonMr. Watlington
Finlay CurrieSir Duncan Wills- Norman WebbDr. Wainwright
Michael HordernLt. Cmdr. Lowther
Pamela MatthewsMrs. Watlington- Joan HaythorneMrs. Laxton-Jones
Joan YoungMrs. McVitie- Ann WiltonMrs. Dainty
Richard AttenboroughJack Arnold
David HutchesonSquadron Leader Sowerby
Patrick WaddingtonGroup Capt. Aspinall
Cyril SmithFlight Sgt. Cox
James HayterWarrant Officer- D. Bradley SmithAir Marshal Cotter
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Robin BaileyWives' Escort Officer- Hugh DempsterSqdn. Ldr. Slatter
- Kenneth BuckleySqdn. Ldr. Buckley
Paul CarpenterFlt. Lt. Argylle
Anthony DawsonFlt. Lt. Norton- Robert LongFlying Officer Davies
- Richard MantellAir Vice-Marshal
Murray MathesonWing Cdr. Allen- Anthony WyckhamFlying Officer Ogden
Peggy EvansDaphne Adams- Ingrid ForrestPenelope Birkenshaw
- Geraldine KeyesPhyllis Hammond
Vida HopeWAAF Flight Sergeant- Sonia ElversonWAAF Teller
Robert WyndhamMajor- Andrew BlackettCaptain
Bill OwenParatroop Sergeant (as Bill Rowbotham)- Tony Arpino1st Commando
- Peter March2nd Commando
- Bob Elson3rd Commando
- Roger Keyes4th Commando
- Trevening Hill5th Commando
- Edward Hodge6th Commando
- Joseph AlmasDr. Klemmerhahn
- Arthur RieckLt. Hense
- Ernest Urbank1st Sentry
- Karl Morel2nd Sentry
Marjorie RhodesMrs. Arnold
Edward LexySir Desmond Prosser
Hugh PryseSir Nicholas Hathaway
O.B. ClarenceOld Retainer
Aubrey Mallalieu1st Club Member
Desmond Roberts2nd Club Member- Guy Belmore3rd Club Member
- Alvar LiddellBBC Announcer (voice)
Kenneth MoreBomb Aimer (uncredited)
Arthur Mullard(uncredited)- Ian SelbyMan at Dance (uncredited)
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