School for Secrets ( Secret Flight )

School for Secrets (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: Secret Flight
Language Selections:
English ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
102 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1946 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Peter Ustinov

Written By:
Peter Ustinov

Actors:
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

Synopsis:

School for Secrets tells the inside story of the 'Boffins' - Britain's backroom boys - who developed the miracle discovery of radar and helped stave off the German invasion of Britain in 1940. Five different scientists, led by Professor Heatherville (Ralph Richardson), are brought together and work in total secrecy and under incredible pressure in a race against time to develop this vital weapon. Their dedication disrupts their family lives as they are forced to sacrifice everything to make the great breakthrough. Their success is illustrated by the effect Radar has on the fighting abilities of the RAF over the skies of Britain in those crucial summer and autumn months of 1940. However, Germany is also planning its own Radar capability and British commandos must be dispatched to strike at a vital Nazi installation Written, produced and directed by Peter Ustinov and boasting a distinguished supporting cast including Richard Attenborough, David Tomlinson and John Laurie, this film celebrates one of Britain's greatest wartime achievements.

Produced, directed and scripted by Peter Ustinov, SECRET FLIGHT was released in Great Britain in 1946. The fact-based screenplay details the efforts of five dedicated British scientists to develop Radar and other preventative measures on the eve of WWII. The five 'boffins' are played by Ralph Richardson, Raymond Huntley, John Laurie, Ernest Jay and David Tomlinson.

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.

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