A young boy starts at Rugby boarding school. He is tormented by Flashman, the school bully.A young boy starts at Rugby boarding school. He is tormented by Flashman, the school bully.A young boy starts at Rugby boarding school. He is tormented by Flashman, the school bully.
Cedric Hardwicke
- Dr. Thomas Arnold
- (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke)
Lionel Belmore
- Tavern Keeper
- (uncredited)
Barlowe Borland
- Grimsby - aka Old Grimey
- (uncredited)
Rita Carlyle
- Maid
- (uncredited)
Dick Chandlee
- Tadpole Martin
- (uncredited)
Richard Clucas
- Boy
- (uncredited)
John 'Uh huh' Collum
- Sidney
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe failure of the original copyright holder to renew the film's copyright resulted in it falling into public domain, meaning that virtually anyone could duplicate and sell a VHS/DVD copy of the film. Therefore, many of the versions of this film available on the market are either severely (and usually badly) edited and/or of extremely poor quality, having been duped from second- or third-generation (or more) copies of the film. As a result, Tom Brown's School Days (1940) is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive.
- GoofsWhen the boy discharges from a peashooter at Flashman from the back, it hits near the top of his stovepipe hat, yet he grabs back of his neck in pain.
- Quotes
Old Grimey: Moral principles! What's a school boy to do with moral principles? Feed him one end and beat him the other! That's education!
- Crazy creditsMovie based on Thomas Hughes's novel, yet he's given no credit for it.
- ConnectionsSpin-off Royal Flash (1975)
- SoundtracksThe Lincolnshire Poacher
(uncredited)
trad.
[Film's theme, and sung by the Rugby students in celebration]
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Young Tom Brown tests his mettle at a tough British Public school.
Pinch-penny version of the oft-filmed fictionalized memoir (rushed out by RKO to pick up any GOODBYE, MR CHIPS backsplash) is remarkably clear-eyed in detailing the petty (and not so petty) sadism of British "public" schools, as well as its harrowing ostracism, despair & loneliness. Thomas Arnold's 19th century school reforms are alluded to, but neither dramatized nor properly integrated into the dorm dungeon life which the reliable director Robert Stevenson unintentionally(?) exposes. A good cast mixes real Brits like Cedric Hardwicke & Freddie Bartholomew with Yankee ringers who come off better than you might expect. Especially the Flashman, played by DEAD END kid Billy Halop, who makes a convincingly threatening top boy. Added bonus value: dig those musical lifts from Verdi's FALSTAFF in Anthony Collins' score. And you might want to try this out on a HARRY POTTER fan who wants to know where schools like Hogwarts come from. No quidditch field, but the school is called Rugby.
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- Also known as
- Adventures at Rugby
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- Runtime1 hour 26 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was Tom Brown's School Days (1940) officially released in Canada in English?
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