School for Secrets

School for Secrets

7.0/ 10

TMDB Rating

4

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1946

Release Year

108 min

Runtime

Drama

War

Overview

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.

Keywords

world war ii

radar

scientist

1940s

battle of britain

luftwaffe

Cast

Ralph Richardson

Ralph Richardson

Prof. Heatherville

Raymond Huntley

Raymond Huntley

Prof. Laxton-Jones

John Laurie

John Laurie

Dr. McVitie

Ernest Jay

Dr. Dainty

David Tomlinson

David Tomlinson

Mr. Watlington

Finlay Currie

Finlay Currie

Sir Duncan Wills

Norman Webb

Dr. Wainwright

Michael Hordern

Michael Hordern

Lt. Cmdr. Lowther

Pamela Matthews

Pamela Matthews

Mrs. Watlington

Joan Haythorne

Mrs. Laxton-Jones

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

December 25, 2025

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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…

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