Directed by:
Roy BoultingCinematography:
Gilbert TaylorCast:
Richard Attenborough, Bernard Miles, Robert Flemyng, Timothy Bateson, Anthony Newley, Hay Petrie, Joan Hickson, Edward Judd, Sheila Sim, William Mervyn (more)Plots(1)
Richard Attenborough (Brighton Rock) is Jack Read, a workingâclass boy and the guinea pig of the title, who is given a scholarship to Saintbury, an exclusive public school. Faced with the snobbery of his new classmates, he tries to gain acceptance from not only them, but also some of his teachers. (British Film Institute (BFI))
Cast
Richard Attenborough
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