School for Danger

School for Danger
School for Danger
Directed by	Teddy Baird
Starring	Harry Rée; Jacqueline Nearne; Teddy Baird;
Narrated by	Harry Rée; Jacqueline Nearne;
Music by	John Greenwood
Production; companies	RAF Film Unit; Central Office of Information;
Release dates	11 February 1947 (London); 2 June 1947 (UK);
Running time	68 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

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
School for Danger is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive

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