Release date:Dec 23, 1946

Runtime:1h 48m

School for Secrets

★ 5.8

Synopsis of "School for Secrets":

"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

Genres:

DramaWar

Language:

English

Cast of "School for Secrets":

Ralph Richardson ... as Prof. Heatherville

Raymond Huntley ... as Prof. Laxton-Jones

John Laurie ... as Dr. McVitie

Ernest Jay ... as Dr. Dainty

David Tomlinson ... as Mr. Watlington

Finlay Currie ... as Sir Duncan Wills

Norman Webb ... as Dr. Wainwright

Michael Hordern ... as Lt. Cmdr. Lowther

Pamela Matthews ... as Mrs. Watlington

Joan Haythorne ... as Mrs. Laxton-Jones

Joan Young ... as Mrs. McVitie

Ann Wilton ... as Mrs. Dainty

Richard Attenborough ... as Jack Arnold

David Hutcheson ... as Squadron Leader Sowerby

Patrick Waddington ... as Group Capt. Aspinall

Cyril Smith ... as Flight Sgt. Cox

James Hayter ... as Warrant Officer

D. Bradley Smith ... as Air Marshal Cotter

Robin Bailey ... as Wives' Escort Officer

Hugh Dempster ... as Sqdn. Ldr. Slatter

Kenneth Buckley ... as Sqdn. Ldr. Buckley

Paul Carpenter ... as Flt. Lt. Argylle

Anthony Dawson ... as Flt. Lt. Norton

Robert Long ... as Flying Officer Davies

Richard Mantell ... as Air Vice-Marshal

Murray Matheson ... as Wing Cdr. Allen

Anthony Wyckham ... as Flying Officer Ogden

Peggy Evans ... as Daphne Adams

Ingrid Forrest ... as Penelope Birkenshaw

Geraldine Keyes ... as Phyllis Hammond

Vida Hope ... as WAAF Flight Sergeant

Sonia Elverson ... as WAAF Teller

Robert Wyndham ... as Major

Andrew Blackett ... as Captain

Bill Owen ... as Paratroop Sergeant (as Bill Rowbotham)

Tony Arpino ... as 1st Commando

Peter March ... as 2nd Commando

Bob Elson ... as 3rd Commando

Roger Keyes ... as 4th Commando

Trevening Hill ... as 5th Commando

Edward Hodge ... as 6th Commando

Joseph Almas ... as Dr. Klemmerhahn

Arthur Rieck ... as Lt. Hense

Ernest Urbank ... as 1st Sentry

Karl Morel ... as 2nd Sentry

Marjorie Rhodes ... as Mrs. Arnold

Edward Lexy ... as Sir Desmond Prosser

Hugh Pryse ... as Sir Nicholas Hathaway

O.B. Clarence ... as Old Retainer

Aubrey Mallalieu ... as 1st Club Member

Desmond Roberts ... as 2nd Club Member

Guy Belmore ... as 3rd Club Member

Alvar Liddell ... as BBC Announcer (voice)

Kenneth More ... as Bomb Aimer (uncredited)

Arthur Mullard ... as (uncredited)

Ian Selby ... as Man at Dance (uncredited)

Crew:

Peter Ustinov... (Writer)

John Cook... (Sound Recordist)

Tony Sforzini... (Makeup Artist)

Gilbert Taylor... (Camera Operator)

Vivienne Walker... (Hairstylist)

Filippo Del Giudice... (Executive Producer)

Michael Anderson... (Assistant Director)

Harry Miller... (Sound Editor)

Paul Sheriff... (Supervising Art Director)

Muir Mathieson... (Music Director)

Alan Rawsthorne... (Original Music Composer)

Jack Hildyard... (Director of Photography)

David Cousland... (Production Manager)

George H. Brown... (Producer)

Russell Lloyd... (Editor)

Carmen Dillon... (Art Direction)

Norman Foley... (Gaffer)

Peter Ustinov... (Producer)

Desmond Dew... (Sound Recordist)

Content rating:

(no known rating)