The Guinea Pig

The Guinea Pig

97 mins | Drama | Oct. 26, 1948

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

97 mins | Drama | Oct. 26, 1948

The Guinea Pig
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.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Boulting Brothers, Pilgrim Pictures
Original title The Guinea Pig
Directors Roy Boulting
Writers Warren Chetham-Strode, Roy Boulting, Bernard Miles

Cast

Richard Attenborough

as Jack Read

Sheila Sim

as Lynne Hartley

Bernard Miles

as Mr. Read

Cecil Trouncer

as Lloyd Hartley

Joan Hickson

as Mrs. Read

Edith Sharpe

as Mrs. Hartley

Robert Flemyng

as Nigel Lorraine

John Forrest

as Fitch

Herbert Lomas

as Sir James Corfield

Brenda Hogan

as Lorna Beckett

Wally Patch

as Uncle Percy

Olive Sloane

as Aunt Mabel

Hay Petrie

as Peck

Timothy Bateson

as Tracey

Kynaston Reeves

as The Bishop

Anthony Nicholls

as Mr. Stringer

Clive Baxter

as Gregory

Basil Cunard

as Buckton

Maureen Glynne

as Bessie

Anthony Newley

as Miles Minor

Oscar Quitak

as David Tracey

Peter Reynolds

as Grimmett

Tony Wager

as Bert

Percy Walsh

as Alec Stevens

Norman Watson

as Fanshaw

Robert Desmond

as (Uncredited)