Secret Flight

A very nice bit of post war propaganda showing how our technological advantage helped to win the war, without this secret advantage the war may have been lost, the boffins contributed a lot to the victory. It was superior technology that won the war of the Atlantic against the U-Boats.

Mostly posh people playing the boffins as is usually the case with a great script with lots of witty lines.

A great cast who played their parts very well. Very well worth watching and currently being shown on TPTV in the UK. No slow bits that leads to the viewer losing interest and giving up watching it to the end.

My local TV guide gave me high expectations for this movie ... but alas I was disappointed. It's not that the acting is bad. With Ralph Richardson in the lead how could it be? Nor is the subject matter uninteresting. However "School for Secrets" is poorly constructed. It piles scene on scene, without building up to a proper climax. It has too many main characters - and most of them are written as semi-humorous stereotypes. One day someone will make the definitive movie about the development of radar during World War II, but this isn't it.

Don't watch this film if you are looking for technical details on radar development, as one 'boffin' reviewer has done. This was written and acted as entertainment, not an educational film, and as such it succeeds. Never seen it before this afternoon, but thoroughly enjoyed watching some of our finest actors from that period, with witty banter that was typical of that era. Recommended as a reminder that we still had a sense of humour, despite the recent end to WWII.

A film of its time with classic stereotypes as characters. Nice shot of Chalfont St Peter village centre still largely recognisable today for those who know it.

The war had only just ended but as early as 1946 the British film industry swung into action to relive the actions victories battles and inventions of the British war effort. British movie goers in an era before television flocked to such stories for more than a decade the war was to remain big box office at British cinemas. This lesser know boffin movie was quickly produced soon after the end of hostilities and it proves accomplished entertainment with a very strong cast of famous names and faces with the highlight on British scientific achievement from somewhat eccentric but brilliant minds.