Schindler's List
1993 · Drama · History
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Film / 1946
School for Secrets
Directed by
Peter Ustinov
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Ralph RichardsonProf. Heatherville
Raymond HuntleyProf. Laxton-Jones
John LaurieDr. McVitie
Ernest JayDr. Dainty
David TomlinsonMr. Watlington
Finlay CurrieSir Duncan Wills
Norman WebbDr. Wainwright
Michael HordernLt. Cmdr. Lowther
Pamela MatthewsMrs. Watlington
Joan HaythorneMrs. Laxton-Jones
Joan YoungMrs. McVitie
Ann WiltonMrs. Dainty
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Richard AttenboroughJack Arnold
David HutchesonSquadron Leader Sowerby
Patrick WaddingtonGroup Capt. Aspinall
Cyril SmithFlight Sgt. Cox
James HayterWarrant Officer
D. Bradley SmithAir Marshal Cotter
Robin BaileyWives' Escort Officer
Hugh DempsterSqdn. Ldr. Slatter
Kenneth BuckleySqdn. Ldr. Buckley
Paul CarpenterFlt. Lt. Argylle
Anthony DawsonFlt. Lt. Norton
Robert LongFlying Officer Davies
Richard MantellAir Vice-Marshal
Murray MathesonWing Cdr. Allen
Anthony WyckhamFlying Officer Ogden
Peggy EvansDaphne Adams
Ingrid ForrestPenelope Birkenshaw
Geraldine KeyesPhyllis Hammond
Vida HopeWAAF Flight Sergeant
Sonia ElversonWAAF Teller
Robert WyndhamMajor
Andrew BlackettCaptain
Bill OwenParatroop Sergeant (as Bill Rowbotham)
Tony Arpino1st Commando
Peter March2nd Commando
Bob Elson3rd Commando
Roger Keyes4th Commando
Trevening Hill5th Commando
Edward Hodge6th Commando
Joseph AlmasDr. Klemmerhahn
Arthur RieckLt. Hense
Ernest Urbank1st Sentry
Karl Morel2nd Sentry
Marjorie RhodesMrs. Arnold
Edward LexySir Desmond Prosser
Hugh PryseSir Nicholas Hathaway
O.B. ClarenceOld Retainer
Aubrey Mallalieu1st Club Member
Desmond Roberts2nd Club Member
Guy Belmore3rd Club Member
Alvar LiddellBBC Announcer (voice)
Kenneth MoreBomb Aimer (uncredited)
Arthur Mullard(uncredited)
Ian SelbyMan at Dance (uncredited)
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