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1h 26m

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

Director

Gene Towne

Screenplay

Cast

Cedric Hardwicke

Dr. Thomas Arnold

Freddie Bartholomew

East

Jimmy Lydon

Tom Brown

Josephine Hutchinson

Mrs. Mary Arnold

Billy Halop

Flashman

Polly Moran

Sally Harowell

Hughie Green

Walker Brooke

Ernest Cossart

Squire Brown

Alec Craig

Old Thomas

Gale Storm

Effie

Antoinette Rotche

Tom Brown's Nanny

Lionel Belmore

Tavern Keeper

Cedric Hardwicke

Dr. Thomas Arnold

Freddie Bartholomew

East

Jimmy Lydon

Tom Brown

Josephine Hutchinson

Mrs. Mary Arnold

Billy Halop

Flashman

Polly Moran

Sally Harowell

Hughie Green

Walker Brooke

Ernest Cossart

Squire Brown

Alec Craig

Old Thomas

Gale Storm

Effie

Antoinette Rotche

Tom Brown's Nanny

Lionel Belmore

Tavern Keeper

Extra

Release Date

June 26, 1940

Original Language

English

Budget

$0.00

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