The Guinea Pig
(1948)
Overview
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.
Director
Roy Boulting
Writers
Roy Boulting, Warren Chetham-Strode, Bernard Miles
Top Billed
Richard Attenborough
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Reviews
John Chard
⭐ 9/10November 23, 2018
Saintbury School, host to a truly wonderful experiment.
Based on a Warren Chetham Strode play and directed by the supremely talented Roy Boulting, The Guinea Pig is a cinematic delight of the kind that makes me proud to be British.
Set in the 1940s, the picture is showing us the wind of change that occurred in Britain in the 40s as regards the breaking down of class system snobbery after the advent of World War II.
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Status
Released
Original Language
EN
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