Tea and Sympathy

Tea and Sympathy

122 mins | Drama | Sept. 27, 1956

Tom Lee is more interested in the arts than in sports, something that sits uneasily with both his father and his classmates. Tom's school housemaster Bill Reynolds even gives him a hard time for his "effeminate" interests. However, Bill's wife Laura sympathizes with Tom and tries to help him with her own overtures.

Tea and Sympathy

122 mins | Drama | Sept. 27, 1956

Tea and Sympathy
Tom Lee is more interested in the arts than in sports, something that sits uneasily with both his father and his classmates. Tom's school housemaster Bill Reynolds even gives him a hard time for his "effeminate" interests. However, Bill's wife Laura sympathizes with Tom and tries to help him with her own overtures.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title Tea and Sympathy
Directors Vincente Minnelli, Joel Freeman
Writers Robert Anderson, Robert Anderson

Cast

Deborah Kerr

as Laura Reynolds

John Kerr

as Tom Robinson Lee

Leif Erickson

as Bill Reynolds

Edward Andrews

as Herb Lee

Norma Crane

as Ellie Martin

Dean Jones

as Ollie

Jacqueline deWit

as Lilly Sears

Mary Alan Hokanson

as Mary Williams

Kip King

as Ted

Tom Laughlin

as Ralph

Ralph Votrian

as Steve

Steven Terrell

as Phil

Jimmy Hayes

as Henry

Richard Tyler

as Roger

Don Burnett

as Vic

Bob Alexander

as Bob

Paul Bryar

as Alex

Del Erickson

as Freddie

Ron Gans

as Dick

Peter Miller

as Pete

Michael Monroe

as Earl

Gene Merlino

as Tom Lee (Singing Voice)

Byron Kane

as Tennis Umpire

Harry Harvey Jr.

as First Boy

Robert Ellis

as Second Boy

Chuck Courtney

as Boy in Soda Fountain

Ralph Reed

as Boy at Soda Fountain

Parker Eggleston

as Boy in Soda Fountain

Robert Santon

as New Young Boy

Norman Ollestad

as New Young Boy

Peter Leeds

as Headmaster at Bonfire

Mike Lally

as Man at Bonfire

Bert Stevens

as Man at Bonfire

Dale Van Sickel

as Burly Man

Sol Gorss

as Burly Man

Madge Meredith

as Alumna

Virginia Eiler

as Alumna

Harold Miller

as Alumnus

Tom McKee

as Alumnus

Chuck Webster

as Alumnus

Wilson Wood

as Alumnus