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Richard Attenborough heads the cast in this drama set in the years immediately following the Second World War. Education in England is undergoing radical changes, and Jack Read is a Cockney boy chosen to attend a Public School. He is actually a guinea pig in an educational experiment. He is miserable, and alienated from the other pupils for his different ways. He also comes across hostility from the staff, apart from a sympathetic young teacher named Mr Lorraine. When Jack is ready to run away, it is up to Lorraine to try and change his mind.
Original Release
10/21/1948
US Release
04/30/1949
Cast
Name | Character |
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Richard Attenborough | Jack Read / Jack Read - The Boy |
Sheila Sim | Lynne Hartley / Lynne Hartley - The Housemaster's Daughter |
Cecil Trouncer | Lloyd Hartley / Lloyd Hartley M.A. - The Housemaster |
Robert Flemyng | Nigel Lorraine / Nigel Lorraine - The House Tutor |
Edith Sharpe | Mrs. Hartley / Mrs. Hartley - The Housemaster's Wife |
Joan Hickson | Mrs. Read / Mrs. Read - Jack's Mother |
Timothy Bateson | Ronald Lacey / Tracey |
Clive Baxter | Gregory |
Basil Cunard | Buckton |
John Forrest | Fitch |
Directors
Writers
Bernard Miles, Roy Boulting, Warren Chetham Strode
Cast
Name | Character |
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Richard Attenborough | Jack Read / Jack Read - The Boy |
Sheila Sim | Lynne Hartley / Lynne Hartley - The Housemaster's Daughter |
Cecil Trouncer | Lloyd Hartley / Lloyd Hartley M.A. - The Housemaster |
Robert Flemyng | Nigel Lorraine / Nigel Lorraine - The House Tutor |
Edith Sharpe | Mrs. Hartley / Mrs. Hartley - The Housemaster's Wife |
Joan Hickson | Mrs. Read / Mrs. Read - Jack's Mother |
Timothy Bateson | Ronald Lacey / Tracey |
Clive Baxter | Gregory |
Basil Cunard | Buckton |
John Forrest | Fitch |
Maureen Glynne | Bessie |
Brenda Hogan | Lorna Beckett |
Herbert Lomas | Sir James Corfield |
Anthony Newley | Miles Minor |
Anthony Nicholls | Mr. Stringer |
Wally Patch | Uncle Percy |
Hay Petrie | Peck |
Oscar Quitak | David Tracey |
Kynaston Reeves | The Bishop |
Peter Reynolds | Grimmett |
Producers
Name | Role |
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John Boulting | Producer |
Peter De Sarigny | Producer |