Tom Brown's School Days (1951)
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Tom Brown's Schooldays was the second film version of Thomas Hughes' semiautobiographical novel. John Howard Davies, who'd previously essayed the title role in Oliver Twist, stars as first-year Rugby student Tom Brown. In his efforts to adjust to boarding-school life, Tom must contend with the calculated cruelties of all-around bully Flashman (John Forrest). One of the boy's few allies is new schoolmaster Doctor Arnold (Robert Newton), who believes that discipline can be tempered with kindness, a "radical" notion so far as his colleagues are concerned. Despite the authenticity of its British surroundings, the 1951 version of Tom Brown's Schooldays isn't quite as good as the 1940 Hollywood adaptation. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- John Howard Davies, Robert Newton, (more)
- Director(s):
- Gordon Parry
Synopsis of Tom Brown's School Days
Tom Brown's Schooldays was the second film version of Thomas Hughes' semiautobiographical novel. John Howard Davies, who'd previously essayed the title role in Oliver Twist, stars as first-year Rugby student Tom Brown. In his efforts to adjust to boarding-school life, Tom must contend with the calculated cruelties of all-around bully Flashman (John Forrest). One of the boy's few allies is new schoolmaster Doctor Arnold (Robert Newton), who believes that discipline can be tempered with kindness, a "radical" notion so far as his colleagues are concerned. Despite the authenticity of its British surroundings, the 1951 version of Tom Brown's Schooldays isn't quite as good as the 1940 Hollywood adaptation. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Tom Brown's School Days
- John Howard Davies - Tom Brown
- Diana Wynyard - Mrs. Arnold
- Kathleen Byron - Mrs. Brown
- James Hayter - Old Thomas
- Amy Veness - Mrs. Wixie
- John Forrest - Flashman
- Glyn Dearman - Arthur
- Michael Ward
- Geoffrey Goodheart
- Anthony Doonan
- Gabriel Woolf
- Michael Brennan - Black Bart
- Max Bygraves - Coach Guard
- Robert Newton - Dr. Arnold
- Francis de Wolff - Squire Brown
- Hermione Baddeley - Sally Harrowell
- Rachel Gurney - Mrs. Arthur
- John Charlesworth - East
- Neil North - Diggs
- Ben Aris - Tadpole
- Brian Worth - Judd
- Robin Dowell
- John Campbell
- Peter Madden
- Michael Hordern - Wilkes
- Director(s):
- Gordon Parry
- Writer(s):
- Noel Langley
- Producer(s):
- Brian Desmond Hurst
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