The Guinea Pig

Roy Boulting
1948-10-26


6.9
97 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Richard Attenborough Jack Read Unowned
Sheila Sim Lynne Hartley Unowned
Bernard Miles Mr. Read Unowned
Cecil Trouncer Lloyd Hartley Unowned
Joan Hickson Mrs. Read Unowned
Edith Sharpe Mrs. Hartley Unowned
Robert Flemyng Nigel Lorraine Unowned
John Forrest Fitch Unowned
Herbert Lomas Sir James Corfield Unowned
Brenda Hogan Lorna Beckett Unowned
Wally Patch Uncle Percy Unowned
Olive Sloane Aunt Mabel Unowned
Hay Petrie Peck Unowned
Timothy Bateson Tracey Unowned
Kynaston Reeves The Bishop Unowned
Anthony Nicholls Mr. Stringer Unowned
Clive Baxter Gregory Unowned
Basil Cunard Buckton Unowned
Maureen Glynne Bessie Unowned
Anthony Newley Miles Minor Unowned
Oscar Quitak David Tracey Unowned
Peter Reynolds Grimmett Unowned
Tony Wager Bert Unowned
Percy Walsh Alec Stevens Unowned
Norman Watson Fanshaw Unowned
Ray Cooney Unowned
Ambrose Day Unowned
Robert Desmond (Uncredited) Unowned
Edward Judd Unowned
James Kenney Unowned
Michael McKeag Unowned
Jack McNaughton Unowned
Desmond Newling Unowned
Digby Wolfe Unowned