In 1830s England, Tom Brown attends a rugby boys' school, where his moral and personal growth is formed through friendship, bullying–particularly from the cruel Flashman–and the influence of headmaster Dr Thomas Arnold.

Cedric Hardwicke
as Dr. Thomas Arnold

Freddie Bartholomew
as East

Jimmy Lydon
as Tom Brown

Josephine Hutchinson
as Mrs. Mary Arnold

Billy Halop
as Flashman

Polly Moran
as Sally Harowell

Hughie Green
as Walker Brooke

Ernest Cossart
as Squire Brown

Alec Craig
as Old Thomas

Gale Storm
as Effie
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There is something almost vicarious about this depiction of the trials and tribulations of the young "Tom Brown" (Jimmy Lydon) as he struggles at the famous Rugby school. It's more of an evaluation of his impassioned headmaster "Thomas Arnold" (Sir Cedric Hardwicke in one of his more substantial rol...