School for Secrets (1946)
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Synopsis of School for Secrets
Produced, directed and scripted by Peter Ustinov (who did not star), Secret Flight was released in Great Britain in 1946, but not distributed in the U.S. until 1951 -- at which time it was panned as being out-of-date! The fact-based screenplay details the efforts of five dedicated British scientists to develop Radar and other preventative measures on the eve of WW II. The five "boffins" are played by Ralph Richardson, Raymond Huntley, John Laurie, Ernest Jay and David Tomlinson. Some excitement is engendered when a test pilot (Richard Attenborough) cooperates with the scientists' remote-control airflight experiments. Given the film's sober treatment of certain British wartime military maneuvers, it is surprising that Peter Ustinov frequently chooses to depict the scientists as Dr. Watson-style comic figures. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of School for Secrets
- Ralph Richardson - Prof. Heatherville
- John Laurie - Dr. McVitie
- David Tomlinson - Edward Watlington
- Pamela Matthews - Eve Watlington
- David Hutcheson - S/Ldr. Sowerby
- Joan Haythorne - Mrs. Laxton-Jones
- Joan Young - Mrs. McVitie
- Edward Lexy - Sir Desmond Prosser
- Robin Bailey - Billeting Officer
- Robert Long
- Andrew Blackett
- Robert Elson
- Cyril Smith - Flight Sgt. Cox
- Hugh Pryse
- Kenneth More
- Alvar Liddell
- Vida Hope
- Sonia Holm
- Paul Carpenter - Flight Leader Argylle
- Raymond Huntley - Prof. Laxton-Jones
- Ernest Jay - Dr. Dainty
- Finlay Currie - Sir Duncan Wilson Wills
- Richard Attenborough - Jack Arnold
- Patrick Waddington - Cpl. Aspinall
- Marjorie Rhodes - Mrs. Arnold
- Ann Wilton - Mrs. Dainty
- Tony Arpino
- Hugh Dempster - Squadron Leader Slatter
- Murray Matheson
- Kenneth Buckley
- Robert Wyndham
- Des Roberts
- Bill Owen - Sergeant
- Anthony Dawson
- Aubrey Mallalieu
- Michael Hordern - Lieut. Commander Lowther
- Peggy Evans - Daphne Adams
- O.B. Clarence
- Director(s):
- Peter Ustinov
- Writer(s):
- Peter Ustinov
- Producer(s):
- Peter Ustinov, George H. Brown
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