School for Secrets
The Secret a Million Kept!
1946 | 108m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Peter Ustinov |
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| Writer: | Peter Ustinov |
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| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 23, 1946 |
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| Director: | Peter Ustinov |
| Writer: | Peter Ustinov |
| Genres: | Drama, War |
| Keywords | world war ii, radar, scientist, 1940s, battle of britain, luftwaffe |
| Production Companies | Two Cities Films, General Film Distributors |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: May 01, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Ralph Richardson | Prof. Heatherville |
| Raymond Huntley | Prof. Laxton-Jones |
| John Laurie | Dr. McVitie |
| Ernest Jay | Dr. Dainty |
| David Tomlinson | Mr. Watlington |
| Finlay Currie | Sir Duncan Wills |
| Norman Webb | Dr. Wainwright |
| Michael Hordern | Lt. Cmdr. Lowther |
| Pamela Matthews | Mrs. Watlington |
| Joan Haythorne | Mrs. Laxton-Jones |
| Joan Young | Mrs. McVitie |
| Ann Wilton | Mrs. Dainty |
| Richard Attenborough | Jack Arnold |
| David Hutcheson | Squadron Leader Sowerby |
| Patrick Waddington | Group Capt. Aspinall |
| Cyril Smith | Flight Sgt. Cox |
| James Hayter | Warrant Officer |
| D. Bradley Smith | Air Marshal Cotter |
| Robin Bailey | Wives' Escort Officer |
| Hugh Dempster | Sqdn. Ldr. Slatter |
| Kenneth Buckley | Sqdn. Ldr. Buckley |
| Paul Carpenter | Flt. Lt. Argylle |
| Anthony Dawson | Flt. Lt. Norton |
| Robert Long | Flying Officer Davies |
| Richard Mantell | Air Vice-Marshal |
| Murray Matheson | Wing Cdr. Allen |
| Anthony Wyckham | Flying Officer Ogden |
| Peggy Evans | Daphne Adams |
| Ingrid Forrest | Penelope Birkenshaw |
| Geraldine Keyes | Phyllis Hammond |
| Vida Hope | WAAF Flight Sergeant |
| Sonia Elverson | WAAF Teller |
| Robert Wyndham | Major |
| Andrew Blackett | Captain |
| Bill Owen | Paratroop Sergeant |
| Tony Arpino | 1st Commando |
| Peter March | 2nd Commando |
| Bob Elson | 3rd Commando |
| Roger Keyes | 4th Commando |
| Trevening Hill | 5th Commando |
| Edward Hodge | 6th Commando |
| Joseph Almas | Dr. Klemmerhahn |
| Arthur Rieck | Lt. Hense |
| Ernest Urbank | 1st Sentry |
| Karl Morel | 2nd Sentry |
| Marjorie Rhodes | Mrs. Arnold |
| Edward Lexy | Sir Desmond Prosser |
| Hugh Pryse | Sir Nicholas Hathaway |
| O.B. Clarence | Old Retainer |
| Aubrey Mallalieu | 1st Club Member |
| Desmond Roberts | 2nd Club Member |
| Guy Belmore | 3rd Club Member |
| Alvar Liddell | BBC Announcer (voice) |
| Kenneth More | Bomb Aimer (uncredited) |
| Arthur Mullard | (uncredited) |
| Ian Selby | Man at Dance (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Peter Ustinov | Director, Writer |
| Jack Hildyard | Director of Photography |
| Carmen Dillon | Art Direction |
| Michael Anderson | Assistant Director |
| Alan Rawsthorne | Original Music Composer |
| Russell Lloyd | Editor |
| Tony Sforzini | Makeup Artist |
| Vivienne Walker | Hairstylist |
| David Cousland | Production Manager |
| Paul Sheriff | Supervising Art Director |
| John Cook | Sound Recordist |
| Desmond Dew | Sound Recordist |
| Harry Miller | Sound Editor |
| Norman Foley | Gaffer |
| Gilbert Taylor | Camera Operator |
| Muir Mathieson | Music Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Peter Ustinov | Producer |
| George H. Brown | Producer |
| Filippo Del Giudice | Executive Producer |
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