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Tom Brown's Schooldays is a 1951 British drama film, directed by Gordon Parry, produced by Brian Desmond Hurst, and starring John Howard Davies, Robert Newton and James Hayter. It is based on the 1857 novel of the same name by Thomas Hughes.
Tom Brown's Schooldays: Directed by Gordon Parry. With John Howard Davies, Robert Newton, James Hayter, John Charlesworth. Tom Brown (John Howard Davies) starts at Rugby boarding school. He is tormented by Flashman (John Forrest), the school bully.
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- Drama
- Gordon Parry
- 1951-11-02
Dec 31, 2014 · Publisher. The Play's The Thing/RKO. Hollywood's take on the Thomas Hughes' classic about a group of Victorian schoolboys who declare war on the ruthless bullies who run their boarding school with an iron fist.
- 80 min
- 7.4K
- Eastside Kidd
Author Thomas Hughes (1822-1896) based his novel Tom Brown's School Days on his experience as a student at Rugby School from 1834-1842, at that time under headmastership of Thomas Arnold, who used a prefect system in which older boys monitored the younger ones to maintain discipline, thus making the public school into an institution for ...
- Gordon Parry, Pat Jenkins
- John Howard Davies
When Tom Brown arrives at Rugby boarding school, he’s mercilessly tormented by the school’s evil bully Flashman. With the help of his friend East, plucky Brown devises a plan to get back at...
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- John Howard Davies
- Gordon Parry
- Talisman Productions
Headmaster Dr. Arnold (Robert Newton) is trying to reform the traditional bullying of younger boys by the older classes. Tom is picked on by Flashman (John Forrest),...
- Drama
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With the help of his friend East, plucky Brown devises a plan to get back at Flashman; in the meantime, he’s asked to look out for a timid new student, whose life is accidentally put in peril during a school race.