The Guinea Pig (1948)
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Not a film about scientific research, The Guinea Pig (US title: The Outsider) is the story of an incipient "affirmative action" program. An impoverished young British boy wins a scholarship. As part of a sociological experiment, he becomes the first product of his "class" to be accepted in a snooty upper-crust public school. Most of the film concentrates on the effect this experiment has on the school staff. Written by actor Bernard Miles, who also plays a supporting role, The Guinea Pig stirred up controversy at the time of its release because of the presence of an alleged profanity in its dialogue. If you must know, it's the same "filthy word" Audrey Hepburn shouts at the Ascot races in My Fair Lady (64). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Richard Attenborough, Sheila Sim, (more)
- Director(s):
- Roy Boulting
Synopsis of The Guinea Pig
Not a film about scientific research, The Guinea Pig (US title: The Outsider) is the story of an incipient "affirmative action" program. An impoverished young British boy wins a scholarship. As part of a sociological experiment, he becomes the first product of his "class" to be accepted in a snooty upper-crust public school. Most of the film concentrates on the effect this experiment has on the school staff. Written by actor Bernard Miles, who also plays a supporting role, The Guinea Pig stirred up controversy at the time of its release because of the presence of an alleged profanity in its dialogue. If you must know, it's the same "filthy word" Audrey Hepburn shouts at the Ascot races in My Fair Lady (64). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of The Guinea Pig
- Richard Attenborough - Jack Read
- Bernard Miles - Mr. Read
- Robert Flemyng - Nigel Lorraine
- Joan Hickson - Mrs. Read
- Basil Cunard - Buckton
- Maureen Glynne - Bessie
- Herbert Lomas - Sir James Corfield
- Timothy Bateson - Ronald Tracey
- Hay Petrie
- Richard Hart
- Michael McKeag
- Norman Watson
- Olive Sloane
- Oscar Quitak
- Jack McNaughton
- Edward Judd
- Sheila Sim - Lynne Hartley
- Cecil Trouncer - Mr. Hartley Housemaster
- Edith Sharpe - Mrs. Hartley
- Clive Baxter - Gregory
- John Forrest - Fitch
- Brenda Hogan - Lorna Beckett
- Anthony Newley - Miles Minor
- Anthony Nicholls - Mr. Stringer
- Kynaston Reeves
- Digby Wolfe
- Ambrose Day
- Percy Walsh
- Peter Reynolds - Grimmett
- Wally Patch - Uncle Percy
- Robert Desmond
- James Kenney
- Director(s):
- Roy Boulting
- Writer(s):
- Roy Boulting, Warren Chetham Strode, Bernard Miles
- Producer(s):
- John Boulting
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