The Winslow Boy Movie Review 1948

A cadet at the Royal Naval College is wrongly accused of theft and expelled. Donat as the boy's lawyer leads a splendid cast. Despite consequences for his family, the boy's father (Hardwicke) sues the government and fights his son's battle, as the case makes the papers and he approaches bankruptcy. Plot would seem far-fetched if it weren't based on fact. Absorbing. Based on a play by Rattigan, who co-wrote the script.

Distribution

Available on VHS
Running time 112 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Law & Lawyers, Adapted from a Play, School Daze, Order in the Court

Screenplay

Terence Rattigan

Cast

Robert Donat, Cedric Hardwicke, Margaret Leighton, Frank Lawton, Kathleen Harrison, Basil Radford

Cinematography

Frederick A. (Freddie) Young

Director

Anthony Asquith

Producer

British Lion