A great movie and great actors! I love Robert Donat in every role...I wish I could have seen him on stage...😍

Saw the 1977 version with Eric Porter first and thought it was magnificent. All versions are good but the 1948 has to be the definitive version. I wondered, if the boy were innocent would he not have ran to his father to plead his innocence as opposed to hiding and reluctant to enter the house for fear of his father's anger. In other words he would have been reluctant to enter the house if he were guilty.

Oh no! It misses out the great line at the end when Sir Robert leaves the room. "I'll take the case, the boy is clearly innocent." Thanks for posting!

This scene always gets to me. No matter how many times I've watched it over the last 30 years and knowing there's a reason Sir Robert does this, it doesn't erase the pain in watching Ronnie's quivering lip, eyes welling up, the desperation and panic in his features. The poor kid. A great actor in Neil North who did the title role here. He even appeared in the '99 remake. Thanks for posting.

I don't know why Robert Donat won awards for his performances in other films but not for this one. For me it's probably his best performance. I watched the original `Goodbye Mr. Chips' (1939) and while Donat was good in the film he wasn't stunning like he was in `The Winslow Boy' imo.

I love this film.

Amazing. Forger, liar, thief are almost compliments these days.

No sequel can beat this scene. The interagation scene has never been done better.

this is a tremendous film based on the play by Terrance Rattigan this clip gives me goosebumps no matter how many times I watch it the last few lines at the end of the film is classic you don't what this to end

This is based on a real case; The real prosecutor portrayed by Robert Donat was called Sir Edward Carson. In this case he was a hero but several years before he had prosecuted Oscar Wilde... ... On a more positive note Margaret Leighton was gorgeous in this film!

I am watching another version of this story on KZfaq. It has Eric Porter as Father and Alan Badel as Sir Robert. Excellent.

I wish I could find the full film....thanks for uploading a piece of it....close to my heart, this film....

What is not mentioned here is that this is based on a true story about George Archer-Shee (6 May 1895 - 31 October 1914) who was a Royal Navy cadet whose case of whether he stole a five-shilling postal order was decided in the High Court of Justice in 1910. Archer-Shee was successfully defended by barrister and politician Sir Edward Carson. The trial, which became a British cause célèbre, was the inspiration for the 1946 Terence Rattigan play The Winslow Boy, which has been the basis of two films. Following his acquittal, the boy's family was paid compensation in July 1911. Archer-Shee was commissioned in the British Army in 1913, and killed aged 19, at the First Battle of Ypres on 31 October 1914. Sad he was killed at such an early age.

One of my favourite films watched many times Robert Donat was supreme ❤️ x

I've never seen the film even though my grandfather Kynaston Reeves plays the Lord Chief Justice.

Eveything about this scene is solid, Robert Donat and Neil North give outstanding performances..

Margaret Lewfatt - who posted this clip - has missed the WHOLE POINT by clipping the 'punch-line'. The point is that after all the traumatic cross-examination, Sir Robert takes the case as he believes the boy to be innocent. I hope Margaret Lewfatt will repost the clip in its entirety. I would myself except that I don't have the entire film. The excerpt makes no sense otherwise.

This is missing both the beginning of the scene and the end, that has one of the best movie lines ever. Disappointing.

why cut if off then!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Anyone can upload the full 1948 movie? Would love to see it.

I feel sorry for the thousands and thousands of innocent that have plead guilty in our courts, that have been sentenced as guilty....I feel sorry for them all. I feel sorry for all those people that know this goes on, and stand by and do nothing. Google Kids for Cash...oh please.

Missing the last lines of this scene misses the whole point.

Several versions of this over the years. Interesting to compare.

Just like forgetting the punchline !

guilty

I watched this on free to air TV and found it to be extremely irritating......and in the end, we don't even get to hear how hes acquitted, evidence wise.....just...oh yeah , we won......

Why on earth post this without including the infamous 'the boy is clearly innocent' line? Criminal.