The Guinea Pig
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"The Guinea Pig" is a 1948 British drama film about a working-class boy who wins a scholarship to an elite public school, exploring class barriers and social mobility.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Guinea Pig canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
British drama film
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film ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | The Outsider NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Guinea Pig (play) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkAuthor | Warren Chetham-Strode NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| BBFCClassification | X (original UK release) ⓘ |
| cinematography | Max Greene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Roy Boulting NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | General Film Distributors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Roy Boulting NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmFormat | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| genre | drama film ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
cultural assimilation
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education and class ⓘ social reform ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Jack Read NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacterPortrayedBy | Richard Attenborough NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Benjamin Frankel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
class barriers
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social mobility ⓘ |
| notableFor | early use of working-class protagonist in British public school drama ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A working-class boy wins a scholarship to an elite public school and struggles with class prejudice and adaptation. ⓘ |
| producer | John Boulting NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Pilgrim Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseCountry | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1948 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 96 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Frank Harvey
NERFINISHED
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Sidney Gilliat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | elite English public school ⓘ |
| starring |
Bernard Miles
NERFINISHED
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Cecil Trouncer NERFINISHED ⓘ Edith Sharpe NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Attenborough NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Flemyng NERFINISHED ⓘ Sheila Sim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | post-World War II Britain ⓘ |
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