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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.

1940 |1h 26m |  Drama, Family

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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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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John 'Uh huh' Collum

Sidney

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Forrester Harvey

Sam the Coachman

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Peter Madden

Jacob

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Frank Mills

School Porter

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Charles Smith

Diggs

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Walter Tetley

Student

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Leonard Willey

Farmer Jenkins

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Status

Released

Language

English

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