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The Guinea Pig( 1948)

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Overview

A working-class boy wins a scholarship to a public school, as part of a post-World War Two experiment in bringing boys of different social classes together.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Richard Attenborough

      Jack Read

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      Sheila Sim

      Lynne Hartley

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      Bernard Miles

      Mr. Read

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      Cecil Trouncer

      Lloyd Hartley

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      Joan Hickson

      Mrs. Read

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      Edith Sharpe

      Mrs. Hartley

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      Robert Flemyng

      Nigel Lorraine

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      John Forrest

      Fitch

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      Herbert Lomas

      Sir James Corfield

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      Brenda Hogan

      Lorna Beckett

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      Wally Patch

      Uncle Percy

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      Olive Sloane

      Aunt Mabel

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      Hay Petrie

      Peck

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      Timothy Bateson

      Tracey

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      Kynaston Reeves

      The Bishop

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      Anthony Nicholls

      Mr. Stringer

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      Clive Baxter

      Gregory

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      Basil Cunard

      Buckton

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      Maureen Glynne

      Bessie

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      Anthony Newley

      Miles Minor

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      Oscar Quitak

      David Tracey

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      Peter Reynolds

      Grimmett

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      Tony Wager

      Bert

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      Percy Walsh

      Alec Stevens

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      Norman Watson

      Fanshaw

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      Ray Cooney

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      Ambrose Day

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      Robert Desmond

      (Uncredited)

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      Edward Judd

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      James Kenney

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      Michael McKeag

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      Jack McNaughton

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      Desmond Newling

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      Digby Wolfe

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    A review by John Chard

    9
    Written by John Chard on Fri Nov 23 2018
    Saintbury School, host to a truly wonderful experiment. Based on a Warren Chetham Strode play and directed by the supremely talented Roy Boulting, The Guinea Pig is a cinematic delight of the kind that makes me proud to be British. Set in the 1940s, the picture is showing us the wind of change that occurred in Britain in the 40s as regards the breaking down of class system snobbery after the advent of World War II. Here our main protagonist is Jack Read (a simply wonderful Richard Attenborough) is a young fresh faced kid from a basic working class family. His father sends him away to...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • public school