Summary
The scientists who invented radar face a few battles of their own. Second World War drama, with Ralph Richardson, Raymond Huntley and Richard Attenborough
School for Secrets
- War
- Drama
- 1946
- Peter Ustinov
- 102 mins
- PG
Review
After the war, the RAF and the Ministry of Defence wanted to boast about their invention of radar and the job of producing, directing and writing the account went to the 25-year-old Peter Ustinov who might well have been promoted as the British Orson Welles. Ralph Richardson plays the boffin and there are some half-hearted action scenes and mini-melodramas to flesh out the reams of technospeak. Ultimately the movie survives on two counts: its excellent cast and Ustinov's refusal to make a blatant back-slapper by suffusing the film with both a distorted attitude to heroism and a cartoonish wit.
How to watch
Credits
Cast
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Prof Heatherville | Ralph Richardson |
| Jack Arnold | Richard Attenborough |
| Prof Laxton-Jones | Raymond Huntley |
| Dr McVitie | John Laurie |
| Dr Dainty | Ernest Jay |
| Mr Watlington | David Tomlinson |
| Sir Duncan Wilson Wills | Finlay Currie |
| Dr Wainwright | Norman Webb |
| Lt Cdr Lowther | Michael Hordern |
| BBC announcer | Alvar Liddell |
Crew
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Director | Peter Ustinov |
Details
- Theatrical distributor
- General Film Dist Ltd
- Languages
- English
- Available on
- DVD
- Formats
- Black and white
