The Guinea Pig

The Guinea Pig

1948•97 min

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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.

Director: Roy Boulting

Writers: Roy Boulting, Warren Chetham-Strode, Bernard Miles

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Top cast

Richard Attenborough

Richard Attenborough

Jack Read

Sheila Sim

Sheila Sim

Lynne Hartley

Bernard Miles

Bernard Miles

Mr. Read

Cecil Trouncer

Lloyd Hartley

Joan Hickson

Joan Hickson

Mrs. Read

Edith Sharpe

Edith Sharpe

Mrs. Hartley

Robert Flemyng

Robert Flemyng

Nigel Lorraine

Reviews

John Chard9.0

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…

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