When private tutor Thomas Arnold (Sir Cedric Hardwicke) becomes headmaster at Rugby, a boy's preparatory school in England, he puts into place a policy of strict punishment for unruliness and bulying. Arnold finds an ally in Tom Brown (Jimmy Lydon), a new student who is subjected to hazing and abuse by a group of older boys and is pressured by his friends to keep quiet about it. Fed up, he leads his fellow classmates in an underground rebellion against their tormentors. But certain unspoken rules still apply at the school and Brown loses his hero status when he is accussed of breaking the Rugby code of silence.
Stars: Cedric Hardwicke, Freddie Bartholomew, Jimmy Lydon, Josephine Hutchinson, Billy Halop, Polly Moran
Crew: Thomas Hughes (Novel), Walter Ferris (Screenplay), Frank Cavett (Screenplay), Gene Towne (Screenplay), Robert Stevenson (Additional Dialogue), Robert Stevenson (Director)
Country: United States of America
Language: English
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Runtime: 86 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jun 26, 1940
IMDb: 3.8
