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Tom Brown’s School Days (1940) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1940 · 86 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Robert Stevenson
- Starring
- Peter Madden, Cedric Hardwicke, Alec Craig, Freddie Bartholomew, Gale Storm, Josephine Hutchinson
When Thomas Arnold (Sir Cedric Hardwicke) becomes headmaster of Rugby, an English boys’ school, he imposes strict discipline to curb bullying. New student Tom Brown (Jimmy Lydon) endures hazing and is urged to stay silent. Fed up, he leads a secret revolt, but the school’s code of silence strips him of his standing when he’s blamed for breaking it.
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