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.
Cast
Dr. Thomas Arnold
East
Tom Brown's Nanny
Tavern Keeper
Grimsby aka Old Grimey
Maid
Boy
Sidney
Westcott
Boy
Dustman
Old Brodie
Tom Brown
Sam the Coachman
Boy
Boy
Jacob
Lexton
School Porter
Butler
Diggs
Student
Boy
Mrs. Mary Arnold
Boy
Farmer Jenkins
Tadpole Martin
Flashman
Sally Harowell
Walker Brooke
Squire Brown
Old Thomas
Effie
Crew
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Producer
Producer
Novel
Additional Dialogue
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