A sensitive young man recalls his time in boarding school when the only person who seemed compassionate towards him was his housemaster's wife.
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Deborah Kerr
Laura Reynolds
John Kerr
Tom Robinson Lee
Leif Erickson
Bill Reynolds
Edward Andrews
Herb Lee
Darryl Hickman
Al
Norma Crane
Ellie Martin
Dean Jones
Ollie
Jacqueline deWit
Lilly Sears
Mary Alan Hokanson
Mary Williams
Kip King
Ted
Director
Vincente Minnelli
Screenplay
Robert Anderson
Tagline
"Where does a woman's sympathy leave off -- and her indiscretion begin?"
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$1,737,000
Revenue
$3,445,000
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
CinemaSerf
July 12, 2026
Initially, I thought that John Kerr looked just a bit too old to convince as the seventeen year old "Tom" but as his character unfolds in front of us, I concluded that actually his extra years helped him to add quite a degree of maturity to a role that proves a lot more complex than the title might suggest. He arrives at his new all-boys school and, like any newbie, is on the periphery of it's com...
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