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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an exciting film for everyone to watch even now?
one of the best old movies I have ever seen and would like to own it either on DVD or video, its exciting from start to finish, with a great story line even I could understand even at the early age of 14yrs, it has few good actors who in my mind will never be replaced even now. A clean film for all the family, something to get your teeth into with a story line that needs to be watched and listened too. even though black and white the film was well produced for its time and I would love to see it again over and over again. considering the age and the location the film contained beautiful places of interest and lots of great actors, these people will never be seen again which is why we should keep this film ongoing and to the fore front of all films.
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- maccer-1
- Aug 19, 2006
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- Also known as
- Adventures at Rugby
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- Runtime1 hour 26 minutes
- Color
- 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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