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User Rating:
6.6/10   39 votes
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Director:
Peter Ustinov
Writer:
Peter Ustinov (writer)
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Release Date:
23 December 1946 (UK) more
Genre:
Drama | War more
Plot:
Wartime tale of a group of British scientists efforts to develop the first radar system. They did it... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
A disappointment. more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
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
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Secret Flight (USA)
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Runtime:
UK:108 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating)

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0 out of 1 people found the following comment useful:-
A disappointment., 20 April 2001
6/10
Author: Adira-2 from Canberra, Australia

My local TV guide gave me high expectations for this movie ... but alas I was disappointed. It's not that the acting is bad. With Ralph Richardson in the lead how could it be? Nor is the subject matter uninteresting. However "School for Secrets" is poorly constructed. It piles scene on scene, without building up to a proper climax. It has too many main characters - and most of them are written as semi-humorous stereotypes. One day someone will make the definitive movie about the development of radar during World War II, but this isn't it.

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