Secret Flight

Directed by Peter Ustinov
1946    1h 48m
Drama, War
6.5
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Wartime tale of a group of British scientists efforts to develop the first radar system. They did it just in time for it to be used in the Battle of Britain against the might of the Nazi Luftwaffe. Without it the little island could well have been overrun.
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Cast of Secret Flight
  • Ralph RichardsonProf. Heatherville
  • Raymond HuntleyProf. Laxton-Jones
  • John LaurieDr. McVitie
  • Ernest JayDr. Dainty
  • David TomlinsonMr. Watlington
  • Finlay CurrieSir Duncan Wills
  • Norman WebbDr. Wainwright
  • Michael HordernLt. Cmdr. Lowther
  • Pamela MatthewsMrs. Watlington
  • Joan HaythorneMrs. Laxton-Jones
  • Joan YoungMrs. McVitie
  • Ann WiltonMrs. Dainty
  • Richard AttenboroughJack Arnold
  • David HutchesonSquadron Leader Sowerby
  • Patrick WaddingtonGroup Capt. Aspinall
  • Cyril SmithFlight Sgt. Cox
  • James HayterWarrant Officer
  • D. Bradley SmithAir Marshal Cotter
  • Robin BaileyWives' Escort Officer
  • Hugh DempsterSqdn. Ldr. Slatter
  • Kenneth BuckleySqdn. Ldr. Buckley
  • Paul CarpenterFlt. Lt. Argylle
  • Anthony DawsonFlt. Lt. Norton
  • Robert LongFlying Officer Davies
  • Richard MantellAir Vice-Marshal
  • Murray MathesonWing Cdr. Allen
  • Anthony WyckhamFlying Officer Ogden
  • Peggy EvansDaphne Adams
  • Ingrid ForrestPenelope Birkenshaw
  • Geraldine KeyesPhyllis Hammond
  • Vida HopeWAAF Flight Sergeant
  • Sonia ElversonWAAF Teller
  • Robert WyndhamMajor
  • Andrew BlackettCaptain
  • Bill OwenParatroop Sergeant
  • Tony Arpino1st Commando
  • Peter March2nd Commando
  • Bob Elson3rd Commando
  • Roger Keyes4th Commando
  • Trevening Hill5th Commando
  • Edward Hodge6th Commando
  • Joseph AlmasDr. Klemmerhahn
  • Arthur RieckLt. Hense
  • Ernest Urbank1st Sentry
  • Karl Morel2nd Sentry
  • Marjorie RhodesMrs. Arnold
  • Edward LexySir Desmond Prosser
  • Hugh PryseSir Nicholas Hathaway
  • O.B. ClarenceOld Retainer
  • Aubrey Mallalieu1st Club Member
  • Desmond Roberts2nd Club Member
  • Guy Belmore3rd Club Member
  • Alvar LiddellBBC Announcer (voice)
  • Kenneth MoreBomb Aimer (uncredited)
  • Arthur Mullard(uncredited)
  • Ian SelbyMan at Dance (uncredited)

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