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Tom Brown's School Days (1940)

Tom Brown's School Days (1940)

Drama Family
Release Date: 1940, June 26
Directors: Robert Stevenson
Countries: United States of America
Cast: Cedric Hardwicke, Richard West, Richard Clucas, Billy Halop, Alexander Pollard, Peter Madden, Josephine Hutchinson, Frank Mills, Forrester Harvey, Lionel Belmore, Harry Duff, Harold Entwistle

Overview:

When private tutor Thomas Arnold becomes headmaster at an English preparatory school for boys, he puts into place a policy of strict punishment against unruliness and bullying. Arnold finds an ally in Tom Brown, a new student who is secretly subjected to abuse by a group of older boys. He eventually plucks up the courage to lead his fellow classmates in an underground rebellion against their tormentors.

Keywords:

based on novel or book 19th century boarding school bully