School for Secrets

“The Secret a Million Kept!”

7.0(4)19461h 48m

DramaWar

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.

Director

Peter Ustinov

Cast

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

Reviews

1 review

Geronimo1967

2mo ago

7.0

Did you know that the word “boffin” was originally military slang and had more to do with a puffin that a scientist? Well you would after a few moments of this light-hearted wartime adventure that follows a group of top secret inventors who are charged with finding a way of creating a portable radar set that can be placed in airborne aircraft. Sent to a remote RAF installation, “Prof. Heatherville...