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The Guinea Pig

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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.

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Released
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Language
English
  • public school

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Director

Roy Boulting

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United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical26 Oct 1948

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The Guinea Pig was released on 26 October 1948.

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    John Chard

    11/23/2018

    9/10

    Saintbury School, host to a truly wonderful experiment. Based on a Warren Chetham Strode play and directed by the supremely talented Roy Boulting, The Guinea Pig is a cinematic delight of the kind that makes me proud to be British. Set in the 1940s, the picture is showing us the wind of change that occurred in Britain in the 40s as regards the breaking down of class system snobbery after the advent of World Wa…

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