The Winslow Boy (1948)
Available on all-region DVD

Synopsis: An object lesson in how to transfer stage to screen, this proves it can be done and done well. Terence Rattigan's tightly wound text is left largely untouched, but the scenes are broadened out to give the original play room to breathe.

Robert Donat is wonderful as the celebrated barrister defending a naval cadet charged with theft, and Rattigan's insights into class and hypocrisy are sharpened by Anthony Asquith's assured direction. This is primarily a cinematic experience, but the play is left unscarred.

Cast:
Robert Donat ... Sir Robert Morton
Cedric Hardwicke ... Arthur Winslow
Basil Radford ... Desmond Curry
Margaret Leighton ... Catherine Winslow