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Release Date:
19 July 1940 (USA) moreTagline:
THE GREATEST SCHOOL-STORY EVER WRITTEN COMES TO THE SCREEN IN ALL ITS GLORY! (original print ad - all caps)Plot:
A young boy starts at Rugby boarding school. He is tormented by Flashman, the school bully. full summary | add synopsisUser Comments:
Young Tom Brown tests his mettle at a tough British Public school. moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | 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 |
| Hughie Green | ... | Walker Brooke |
| Ernest Cossart | ... | Squire Brown |
| Alec Craig | ... | Old Thomas |
| Gale Storm | ... | Effie |
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Mono (RCA Recording System)MOVIEmeter: 
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Old Grimey: Moral principles! What's a school boy to do with moral principles? Feed him one end and beat him the other! That's education! moreFAQ
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Pinch-penny version of the oft-filmed fictionalized memoir (rushed out by RKO to pick up any GOODBYE, MR CHIPS backsplash) is remarkably clear-eyed in detailing the petty (and not so petty) sadism of British "public" schools, as well as its harrowing ostracism, despair & loneliness. Thomas Arnold's 19th century school reforms are alluded to, but neither dramatized nor properly integrated into the dorm dungeon life which the reliable director Robert Stevenson unintentionally(?) exposes. A good cast mixes real Brits like Cedric Hardwicke & Freddie Bartholomew with Yankee ringers who come off better than you might expect. Especially the Flashman, played by DEAD END kid Billy Halop, who makes a convincingly threatening top boy. Added bonus value: dig those musical lifts from Verdi's FALSTAFF in Anthony Collins' score. And you might want to try this out on a HARRY POTTER fan who wants to know where schools like Hogwarts come from. No quidditch field, but the school is called Rugby.