Main Cast: John Howard Davies, Robert Newton, Diana Wynyard, Francis de Wolff, Kathleen Byron
Release Year: 1951
Country: UK
Run Time: 93 minutes
Plot
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, All Movie Guide
Hermione Baddeley - Sally Harrowell; James Hayter - Old Thomas; Rachel Gurney - Mrs. Arthur; Amy Veness - Mrs. Wixie; John Charlesworth - East; John Forrest - Flashman; Neil North - Diggs; Glyn Dearman - Arthur; Ben Aris - Tadpole; Michael Brennan - Black Bart; Max Bygraves - Coach Guard; Michael Hordern - Wilkes; Peter Madden; Michael Ward; Gabriel Woolf; Brian Worth - Judd; John Campbell; Geoffrey Goodheart; Anthony Doonan; Robin Dowell; Kathleen Bryon
Credit
Fred Pusey - Art Director, Gordon Parry - Director, Ken Heeley-Ray - Editor, Richard Addinsell - Composer (Music Score), Muir Mathieson - Musical Direction/Supervision, C.M. Pennington-Richards - Cinematographer, Ray Sturgess - Cinematographer, Brian Desmond Hurst - Producer, Noel Langley - Screenwriter, Thomas Hughes - Book Author
