Top billed cast

1. 

   Ralph Richardson

   Prof. Heatherville

2. 

   Raymond Huntley

   Prof. Laxton-Jones

3. 

   John Laurie

   Dr. McVitie

4. 

   Ernest Jay

   Dr. Dainty

5. 

   David Tomlinson

   Mr. Watlington

6. 

   Finlay Currie

   Sir Duncan Wills

7. 

   Norman Webb

   Dr. Wainwright

8. 

   Michael Hordern

   Lt. Cmdr. Lowther

9. 

   Pamela Matthews

   Mrs. Watlington

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-12-25

Did you know that the word “boffin” was originally military slang and had more to do with a puffin that a scientist? Well you would after a few moments of this light-hearted wartime adventure that follows a group of top secret inventors who are charged with finding a way of creating a portable radar set that can be placed in airborne aircraft. Sent to a remote RAF installation, “Prof. Heatherville” (Ralph Richardson) leads quite an eclectic team of colleagues amidst quite a bit of scepticism as to why they are not all out at the front and not sitting in a drawing room having tea! Thing...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• world war ii
• radar
• scientist
• 1940s
• battle of britain
• luftwaffe