School for Secrets (1946)
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.
Director: Peter Ustinov
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Ralph Richardson as Prof. Heatherville |
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Raymond Huntley as Prof. Laxton-Jones |
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John Laurie as Dr. McVitie |
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Ernest Jay as Dr. Dainty |
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David Tomlinson as Mr. Watlington |
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Finlay Currie as Sir Duncan Wills |
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Norman Webb as Dr. Wainwright |
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Michael Hordern as Lt. Cmdr. Lowther |
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Pamela Matthews as Mrs. Watlington |
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Joan Haythorne as Mrs. Laxton-Jones |
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Joan Young as Mrs. McVitie |
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Ann Wilton as Mrs. Dainty |
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Richard Attenborough as Jack Arnold |
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David Hutcheson as Squadron Leader Sowerby |
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Patrick Waddington as Group Capt. Aspinall |
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Cyril Smith as Flight Sgt. Cox |
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James Hayter as Warrant Officer |
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D. Bradley Smith as Air Marshal Cotter |
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Robin Bailey as Wives' Escort Officer |
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Hugh Dempster as Sqdn. Ldr. Slatter |
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Kenneth Buckley as Sqdn. Ldr. Buckley |
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Paul Carpenter as Flt. Lt. Argylle |
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Anthony Dawson as Flt. Lt. Norton |
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Robert Long as Flying Officer Davies |
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Richard Mantell as Air Vice-Marshal |
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Murray Matheson as Wing Cdr. Allen |
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Anthony Wyckham as Flying Officer Ogden |
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Peggy Evans as Daphne Adams |
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Ingrid Forrest as Penelope Birkenshaw |
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Geraldine Keyes as Phyllis Hammond |
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Vida Hope as WAAF Flight Sergeant |
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Sonia Elverson as WAAF Teller |
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Robert Wyndham as Major |
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Andrew Blackett as Captain |
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Bill Owen as Paratroop Sergeant (as Bill Rowbotham) |
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Tony Arpino as 1st Commando |
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Peter March as 2nd Commando |
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Bob Elson as 3rd Commando |
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Roger Keyes as 4th Commando |
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Trevening Hill as 5th Commando |
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Edward Hodge as 6th Commando |
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Joseph Almas as Dr. Klemmerhahn |
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Arthur Rieck as Lt. Hense |
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Ernest Urbank as 1st Sentry |
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Karl Morel as 2nd Sentry |
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Marjorie Rhodes as Mrs. Arnold |
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Edward Lexy as Sir Desmond Prosser |
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Hugh Pryse as Sir Nicholas Hathaway |
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O.B. Clarence as Old Retainer |
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Aubrey Mallalieu as 1st Club Member |
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Desmond Roberts as 2nd Club Member |
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Guy Belmore as 3rd Club Member |
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Alvar Liddell as BBC Announcer (voice) |
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Kenneth More as Bomb Aimer (uncredited) |
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Arthur Mullard as (uncredited) |
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Ian Selby as Man at Dance (uncredited) |
| Directing | Peter Ustinov | Director |
| Writing | Peter Ustinov | Writer |
| Sound | John Cook | Sound Recordist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tony Sforzini | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Gilbert Taylor | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vivienne Walker | Hairstylist |
| Production | Filippo Del Giudice | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Michael Anderson | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Harry Miller | Sound Editor |
| Art | Paul Sheriff | Supervising Art Director |
| Sound | Muir Mathieson | Music Director |
| Sound | Alan Rawsthorne | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Jack Hildyard | Director of Photography |
| Production | David Cousland | Production Manager |
| Production | George H. Brown | Producer |
| Editing | Russell Lloyd | Editor |
| Art | Carmen Dillon | Art Direction |
| Lighting | Norman Foley | Gaffer |
| Production | Peter Ustinov | Producer |
| Sound | Desmond Dew | Sound Recordist |
