Tom Brown's School Days

Tom Brown's School Days

Release date : June 26, 1940
Runtime : 1h 26m
Countries of origin : United States of America /
Original Language : English /
Director : Robert Stevenson /
Production companies :
June 26, 1940 1h 26m United States of America Drama English More
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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.
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  • title:Tom Brown's School Days
  • status:Released
  • Release date: 1940
  • Runtime:1h 26m
  • Genres: Drama · Family ·
  • Countries of origin: United States of America ·
  • Original Language: English ·
  • Director: Robert Stevenson /
  • Writers: Thomas Hughes · Walter Ferris · Frank Cavett · Gene Towne · C. Graham Baker ·
  • Production companies:
  • 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.
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