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Tom Brown's School Days (1940)

Overview

When private tutor Thomas Arnold (Sir Cedric Hardwicke) becomes headmaster at Rugby, a boy's preparatory school in England, he puts into place a policy of strict punishment for unruliness and bulying. Arnold finds an ally in Tom Brown (Jimmy Lydon), a new student who is subjected to hazing and abuse by a group of older boys and is pressured by his friends to keep quiet about it. Fed up, he leads his fellow classmates in an underground rebellion against their tormentors. But certain unspoken rules still apply at the school and Brown loses his hero status when he is accussed of breaking the Rugby code of silence.
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Robert Stevenson profile
Robert Stevenson

Director

Walter Ferris profile
Walter Ferris

Screenplay

Cast

Cedric Hardwicke profile
Cedric Hardwicke

Dr. Thomas Arnold

Freddie Bartholomew profile
Freddie Bartholomew

East

Jimmy Lydon profile
Jimmy Lydon

Tom Brown

Josephine Hutchinson profile
Josephine Hutchinson

Mrs. Mary Arnold

Billy Halop profile
Billy Halop

Flashman

Polly Moran profile
Polly Moran

Sally Harowell

Hughie Green profile
Hughie Green

Walker Brooke

Ernest Cossart profile
Ernest Cossart

Squire Brown

Alec Craig profile
Alec Craig

Old Thomas

Gale Storm profile
Gale Storm

Effie

Antoinette Rotche profile
Antoinette Rotche

Tom Brown's Nanny

Lionel Belmore profile
Lionel Belmore

Tavern Keeper

Cedric Hardwicke profile
Cedric Hardwicke

Dr. Thomas Arnold

Freddie Bartholomew profile
Freddie Bartholomew

East

Jimmy Lydon profile
Jimmy Lydon

Tom Brown

Josephine Hutchinson profile
Josephine Hutchinson

Mrs. Mary Arnold

Billy Halop profile
Billy Halop

Flashman

Polly Moran profile
Polly Moran

Sally Harowell

Hughie Green profile
Hughie Green

Walker Brooke

Ernest Cossart profile
Ernest Cossart

Squire Brown

Alec Craig profile
Alec Craig

Old Thomas

Gale Storm profile
Gale Storm

Effie

Antoinette Rotche profile
Antoinette Rotche

Tom Brown's Nanny

Lionel Belmore profile
Lionel Belmore

Tavern Keeper

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Release Date

June 26, 1940

Original Language

English

Budget

$0.00

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