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