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The Guinea Pig

Roy Boulting

1948 • 1h 37m

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.

The Guinea Pig

Cast

Richard Attenborough

Richard AttenboroughJack Read

Sheila Sim

Sheila SimLynne Hartley

Bernard Miles

Bernard MilesMr. Read

Cecil TrouncerLloyd Hartley

Joan Hickson

Joan HicksonMrs. Read

Edith Sharpe

Edith SharpeMrs. Hartley

Robert Flemyng

Robert FlemyngNigel Lorraine

John Forrest

John ForrestFitch

Herbert Lomas

Herbert LomasSir James Corfield

Brenda Hogan

Brenda HoganLorna Beckett

Wally Patch

Wally PatchUncle Percy

Olive SloaneAunt Mabel

Hay Petrie

Timothy Bateson

Timothy BatesonTracey

Kynaston Reeves

Kynaston ReevesThe Bishop

Crew

John Boulting

John BoultingProducer

Gilbert Taylor

Gilbert TaylorDirector of Photography

Bernard Miles

Bernard MilesScreenplay

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The Guinea Pig (1948) — Backlot Notes