Tom Brown's School Days
In 1830s England, Tom Brown attends a rugby boys' school, where his moral and personal growth is formed through friendship, bullying–particularly from the cruel Flashman–and the influence of headmaster Dr Thomas Arnold.
From the archive
Hollywood's take on the Thomas Hughes' classic about a group of Victorian schoolboys who declare war on the ruthless bullies who run their boarding school with an iron fist. Cedric Hardwicke ... Dr. Thomas Arnold (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke) Freddie Bartholomew ... East Jimmy Lydon ... Tom Brown Josephine Hutchinson ... Mrs. Mary Arnold Billy Halop ... Flashman Polly Moran ... Sally Harowell
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- Director
- Robert Stevenson
- Starring
- Cedric Hardwicke, Freddie Bartholomew, Jimmy Lydon, Josephine Hutchinson, Billy Halop, Polly Moran, Hughie Green, Ernest Cossart
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