Tom Brown's School Days

Tom Brown's School Days

86 mins | Drama, Family | June 26, 1940

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.

Tom Brown's School Days

86 mins | Drama, Family | June 26, 1940

Tom Brown's School Days
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.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers
Original title Tom Brown's School Days
Directors Robert Stevenson
Writers Thomas Hughes, Gene Towne, Frank Cavett, C. Graham Baker, Walter Ferris

Cast

Cedric Hardwicke

as Dr. Thomas Arnold

Jimmy Lydon

as Tom Brown

Josephine Hutchinson

as Mrs. Mary Arnold

Billy Halop

as Flashman

Polly Moran

as Sally Harowell

Hughie Green

as Walker Brooke

Ernest Cossart

as Squire Brown

Alec Craig

as Old Thomas

Gale Storm

as Effie

Antoinette Rotche

as Tom Brown's Nanny

Lionel Belmore

as Tavern Keeper

Barlowe Borland

as Grimsby aka Old Grimey

Rita Carlyle

as Maid

Harry Duff

as Westcott

Harold Entwistle

as Dustman

Ian Fulton

as Old Brodie

Forrester Harvey

as Sam the Coachman

Calvin Leslie

as Boy

Peter Madden

as Jacob

Paul Mathews

as Lexton

Frank Mills

as School Porter

Alexander Pollard

as Butler

Charles Smith

as Diggs

Walter Tetley

as Student

Richard West

as Boy

Leonard Willey

as Farmer Jenkins

Dick Chandlee

as Tadpole Martin