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)
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1950 film is better
Whilst I thought that Cedric Hardwick gave an excellent performance as the headmaster, I thought that the performance of Robert Newton was better
- malcolmgsw
- Jan 5, 2021
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- Also known as
- Adventures at Rugby
- Filming locations
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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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