The Guinea Pig
6.8
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.
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Richard Attenborough
Jack Read
Known for
Jurassic Park
The Great Escape
Sheila Sim
Lynne Hartley
Known for
A Canterbury Tale
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
Bernard Miles
Mr. Read
Known for
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Great Expectations
Cecil Trouncer
Lloyd Hartley
Known for
Pygmalion
Joan Hickson
Mrs. Read
Known for
Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage
Clockwise
Edith Sharpe
Mrs. Hartley
Known for
Cash on Demand
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
Robert Flemyng
Nigel Lorraine
Known for
Funny Face
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
John Forrest
Fitch
Known for
Great Expectations
Herbert Lomas
Sir James Corfield
Also in
Jamaica Inn
Knight Without Armour
Brenda Hogan
Lorna Beckett
Also in
The Monkey's Paw
The Admirable Crichton
Wally Patch
Uncle Percy
Known for
Poor Cow
Olive Sloane
Aunt Mabel
Known for
Under Capricorn
Roy Boulting Director · Bernard Miles Screenplay Warren Chetham-Strode Screenplay
First release October 26, 1948 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production Boulting Brothers
Production
Pilgrim Pictures
Production
Boulting Brothers
Production
United Kingdom
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · October 26, 1948
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No release date listed for United States.
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