Tom Brown's School Days (film)
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| Tom Brown's School Days | |
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 Jimmy Lydon as Tom Brown |
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| Directed by | Robert Stevenson |
| Produced by | C. Graham Baker Gene Towne |
| Written by | Thomas Hughes (novel) Walter Ferris Frank Cavett Gene Towne C. Graham Baker Robert Stevenson (add. dialogue) |
| Starring | Cedric Hardwicke Freddie Bartholomew Jimmy Lydon |
| Release date(s) | July 14, 1940 |
| Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
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Tom Brown's School Days is a 1940 coming-of-age drama film about a teenage boy's experiences at Rugby School in the nineteenth century under the revolutionary headmastership of Thomas Arnold. It stars Cedric Hardwicke, Freddie Bartholomew, and Jimmy Lydon in the title role. The film was based on the novel of the same name by Thomas Hughes.
[edit] Cast
- Cedric Hardwick as Dr. Thomas Arnold
- Freddie Bartholomew as East
- Jimmy Lydon as Tom Brown
- Josephine Hutchinson as Mrs. Mary Arnold
- Billy Halop as Flashman
- Polly Moran as Sally Harowell
- Hughie Green as Walker Brooke
- Ernest Cossart as Squire Brown
- Alec Craig as Old Thomas
- Gale Storm as Effie
