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The Guinea Pig
1948Age guide: 7+
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See it on the shelfA 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.
★ 7.1/10 · 17 TMDB audience ratings
Starring
Richard AttenboroughJack Read
Sheila SimLynne Hartley
Bernard MilesMr. Read- Cecil TrouncerLloyd Hartley
Joan HicksonMrs. Read
Edith SharpeMrs. Hartley
Robert FlemyngNigel Lorraine
John ForrestFitch
Audience reviews from TMDB · may contain spoilers
John Chard: Saintbury School, host to a truly wonderful experiment. Based on a Warren Chetham Strode play and directed by the supremely talented Roy Boulting,… Read full review