Tom Brown's School Days (1940)

Drama Family

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.

Updated May 12 2020

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1940-07-19

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Runtime: 86 mins Rating: 7.8

Cast

Josephine Hutchinson

Mrs. Mary Arnold

Forrester Harvey

Sam the Coachman

Alec Craig

Old Thomas

Lionel Belmore

Tavern Keeper

Frank Mills

School Porter

Freddie Bartholomew

East

Charles Smith

Diggs

Billy Halop

Flashman

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Crew

Robert Stevenson

Director

Robert Stevenson

Additional Dialogue

Walter Ferris

Screenplay

C. Graham Baker

Producer

C. Graham Baker

Screenplay

Frank Cavett

Screenplay

Gene Towne

Producer

Gene Towne

Screenplay

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