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Release Date: 1948

Cast: Richard Attenborough

The Guinea Pig is a 1948 British film by Pilgrim Pictures, also known as The Outsider in the United States. The film is adapted from the 1946 play of the same name by Warren Chetham-Strode. The "guinea pig" is 14-year-old Jack Read (played by 25-year-old Richard Attenborough), a tobacconist's son given a scholarship to an exclusive public school. The school used in the film was Sherborne School in Dorset. Only after the changes wrought by World War II could such a scenario be imagined. Of course, Read's uncouth behaviour causes him difficulties in fitting in to the school. The film was... MORE

The Guinea Pig is a 1948 British film by Pilgrim Pictures, also known as The Outsider in the United States. The film is adapted from the 1946 play of the same name by Warren Chetham-Strode. The "guinea pig" is 14-year-old Jack Read (played by 25-year-old Richard Attenborough), a tobacconist's son given a scholarship to an exclusive public school. The school used in the film was Sherborne School in Dorset. Only after the changes wrought by World War II could such a scenario be imagined. Of course, Read's uncouth behaviour causes him difficulties in fitting in to the school. The film was controversial as it contains the first screen use of the word "arse". LESS