Tom Brown's School Days 1940

Synopsis:

When private tutor Thomas Arnold (Sir Cedric Hardwicke) becomes headmaster at Rugby, a boy's preparatory school in England, he puts into place a policy of strict punishment for unruliness and bulying. Arnold finds an ally in Tom Brown (Jimmy Lydon), a new student who is subjected to hazing and abuse by a group of older boys and is pressured by his friends to keep quiet about it. Fed up, he leads his fellow classmates in an underground rebellion against their tormentors. But certain unspoken rules still apply at the school and Brown loses his hero status when he is accussed of breaking the Rugby code of silence.

Directed by: Robert Stevenson
Written by: Walter Ferris & C. Graham Baker & Gene Towne & Frank Cavett
Runtime: 86 minutes
Cast:
Cedric Hardwicke
Cedric Hardwicke
Dr. Thomas Arnold 
Jimmy Lydon
Jimmy Lydon
Tom Brown 
Josephine Hutchinson
Josephine Hutchinson
Mrs. Mary Arnold 
Billy Halop
Billy Halop
Flashman 
Polly Moran
Polly Moran
Sally Harowell