The Guinea Pig
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Initial release | October 27, 1948 |
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Directors | Roy Boulting |
John Boulting | |
Box office | 224,694 GBP (UK) |
Producers | John Boulting |
Screenplay | Bernard Miles |
Warren Chetham-Strode | |
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ID | 2330652 |
About The Guinea Pig
Working-class boy Jack Read (Richard Attenborough) gains entry into an upper-class public school as part of a social experiment by the British government to integrate boys of different backgrounds. He struggles to fit in and has to endure ridicule at the hands of his classmates and house master because of his Cockney manner. It takes the sympathetic nurturing of teacher Nigel Lorraine (Robert Flemyng) to help him adjust to this unfamiliar environment and ultimately thrive. …