6.1
“The Secret a Million Kept!”
School for Secrets (1946)
December 23, 19461h 48mEN
7.0
4 votes
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.
Director
Peter UstinovWriter
Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
N/A
Revenue
N/A
Production Companies
Two Cities FilmsGeneral Film Distributors
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7.0Did 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” (Ralph Richardson) leads quite an eclectic team of colleagues amidst quite a bit of scepticism as to why they are not all out at the front and not sitting in a drawing room having tea! Things become…
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