Tom Brown's School Days (1940)

Tom Brown's School Days (1940)

1940-06-26 United States of America 86 Min. PG-13
7.2 11 votes

Overview

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

Cedric Hardwicke is Dr. Thomas Arnold
Dr. Thomas Arnold
Jimmy Lydon is Tom Brown
Tom Brown
Josephine Hutchinson is Mrs. Mary Arnold
Mrs. Mary Arnold
Billy Halop is Flashman
Flashman
Polly Moran is Sally Harowell
Sally Harowell
Hughie Green is Walker Brooke
Walker Brooke
Ernest Cossart is Squire Brown
Squire Brown
Alec Craig is Old Thomas
Old Thomas
Gale Storm is Effie
Antoinette Rotche is Tom Brown's Nanny
Tom Brown's Nanny
Lionel Belmore is Tavern Keeper
Tavern Keeper