School for Danger

1947 British film
Narrated by
  • Harry Rée
  • Jacqueline Nearne
Music byJohn Greenwood
Production
companies
Release dates
  • 11 February 1947 (1947-02-11) (London)
  • 2 June 1947 (1947-06-02) (UK)
Running time
68 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

School for Danger (also known as Now It Can Be Told) is a 1947 British docudrama film directed by Teddy Baird depicting the training and deployment of agents of the Special Operations Executive during the Second World War. The film stars real-life SOE agents Captain Harry Rée and Jacqueline Nearne.

Premise

In 1943, "Captain Brown" and "Miss Williams" are recruited and trained to be secret agents (Miss Williams as Brown's wireless operator). They are then sent to German-occupied France, under the operational names "Felix" and "Cat", where they organise resistance, carrying out sabotage and helping airmen get back to the UK.

Main cast

  • Captain Harry Rée as Captain Brown / "Felix"
  • Jacqueline Nearne as Miss Williams / "Cat"

References

External links

  • School for Danger at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • School for Danger is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
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