The Guinea Pig (1948)

Directed by

Roy Boulting

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 37m

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 16 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A working class boy wins a scholarship to an elite private school. He struggles to fit in with the wealthy students and the strict traditions of the school.

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What happens

The Guinea Pig (U.S. title The Outsider) is a 1948 British film directed by Roy Boulting and starring Richard Attenborough, Sheila Sim and Bernard Miles. The screenplay was by Warren Chetham-Strode and Bernard Miles, in association with Boulting, adapted from the 1946 play of the same name by Chetham-Strode. It was produced by John Boulting. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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