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School for Danger
Directed byTeddy Baird
StarringHarry Rée
Jacqueline Nearne
Teddy Baird
Narrated byHarry Rée
Jacqueline Nearne
Production
companies
Release dates
  • February 11, 1947 (1947-02-11) (London)
  • June 2, 1947 (1947-06-02) (UK)
Running time
68 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

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.

Plot

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

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