A biography of the English mathematician Alan Turing, who was one of the inventors of the digital computer and one of the key figures in the breaking of the Enigma code, used by the Germans to send secret orders to their U-boats in World War II. Turing was also a homosexual in Britain at a time when this was illegal, besides being a security risk.
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Derek Jacobi
Alan Turing
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Alun Armstrong
Mick Ross
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Blake Ritson
Christopher Morcom
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Sara Turing
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Harold Pinter
John Smith
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Julian Kerridge
Ron Miller
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Dilwyn 'Dilly' Knox
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Amanda Root
Patricia 'Pat' Green
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Herbert Wise Director · Hugh Whitemore Writer Andrew Hodges Author
First release September 17, 1996 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production BBC Film
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BBC
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BBC Film
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English
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English
Release dates
Canada · September 17, 1996
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