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Tom Brown's School Days( 1940)

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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Cedric Hardwicke

      Dr. Thomas Arnold

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      Freddie Bartholomew

      East

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      Jimmy Lydon

      Tom Brown

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      Josephine Hutchinson

      Mrs. Mary Arnold

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      Billy Halop

      Flashman

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      Polly Moran

      Sally Harowell

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      Hughie Green

      Walker Brooke

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      Ernest Cossart

      Squire Brown

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      Alec Craig

      Old Thomas

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      Gale Storm

      Effie

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      Antoinette Rotche

      Tom Brown's Nanny

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      Lionel Belmore

      Tavern Keeper

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      Barlowe Borland

      Grimsby aka Old Grimey

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      Rita Carlyle

      Maid

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      Richard Clucas

      Boy

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      John 'Uh huh' Collum

      Sidney

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      Harry Duff

      Westcott

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      Calvin Ellison

      Boy

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      Harold Entwistle

      Dustman

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      Ian Fulton

      Old Brodie

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      Forrester Harvey

      Sam the Coachman

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      Cullen Johnson

      Boy

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      Calvin Leslie

      Boy

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      Peter Madden

      Jacob

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      Paul Mathews

      Lexton

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      Frank Mills

      School Porter

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      Alexander Pollard

      Butler

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      Charles Smith

      Diggs

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      Walter Tetley

      Student

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      Tommy Thompson

      Boy

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      Richard West

      Boy

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      Leonard Willey

      Farmer Jenkins

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      Dick Chandlee

      Tadpole Martin

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Thu Jun 23 2022
    There is something almost vicarious about this depiction of the trials and tribulations of the young "Tom Brown" (Jimmy Lydon) as he struggles at the famous Rugby school. It's more of an evaluation of his impassioned headmaster "Thomas Arnold" (Sir Cedric Hardwicke in one of his more substantial roles) who, despite his reputation for rather unorthodox teaching, accepts this position determined to drag education kicking and screaming, if needs be, into a new century. Like it or not, "Brown" is the to be held up as exemplar for his ideals. The story addresses the issues around modernising learnin...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • based on novel or book
    • boarding school
    • bully
    • 19th century