Tom Brown's School Days

Based On the book by Thomas Hughes

Tom Brown's School Days is a 1940 coming-of-age drama film about a teenage boy's experiences at Rugby School, Warwickshire in the early 19th century under the reforming headmastership of Thomas Arnold. It stars Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Freddie Bartholomew and Jimmy Lydon in the title role. The film was based on the 1857 novel, Tom Brown's School Days by Thomas Hughes. In this version emphasis is placed on the development of Headmaster Thomas Arnold and his reformist ideas concerning the English public school.

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Release date:

July 14, 1940

Director:

Robert Stevenson

Cast:

Cedric Hardwicke, Freddie Bartholomew, Jimmy Lydon, Josephine Hutchinson, Billy Halop

Genre:

Drama

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Year page:

1940 in adaptations