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School for Secrets
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7.2Wartime 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.
Released: 1946-12-23108 minDir: Peter UstinovDrama, War
Cast
- 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
Themes
- world war ii
- radar
- scientist
- 1940s
- battle of britain
- luftwaffe
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- Battle of Britain
- Director
- Peter Ustinov
- Screenwriter
- Peter Ustinov
- Cast member
- Ralph Richardson
- Composer
- Alan Rawsthorne
- Cinematographer
- Jack Hildyard
- Duration
- 102
- FilmAffinity ID
- 572148
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- publication date
- 1946-01-01
- title
- School for Secrets
- color
- black-and-white
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Richard Attenborough
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Normandy landings
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Ralph Richardson
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Semantic Scholar
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art director
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Kenneth More
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David Tomlinson
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ProQuest
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Radio Times
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Michael Hordern
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Anthony Dawson
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Billy Budd
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John Laurie
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Air Ministry
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Categories
1946 British films1946 directorial debut films1946 English-language films1946 films1946 war filmsBritish black-and-white filmsBritish war filmsEnglish-language war filmsFilms about scientistsFilms about the Battle of BritainFilms directed by Peter UstinovFilms scored by Alan RawsthorneFilms set in 1939Films set in 1940Films set in 1944Films set in 1945Films set in FranceFilms set in LondonFilms shot at Denham Film StudiosTemplate film date with 1 release dateTwo Cities Films films