Word: flashman
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...first day, he makes friends with East (Freddie Bartholomew) by buying him a Murphy (roast potato), learns that the lower school is dominated by a cruel fifth former named Flashman. With a British accent imperfectly disguising Cinemactor Halop's Dead End manners, Flashman and his stooges steal Tom's food, almost break his back, torture him by roasting over an open fire. Tom spurs his friends to a revolt against Flashman, culminating in a nose-busting brawl between the two leaders bloodier than anything hitherto exhibited in the juvenile cinema...
...rids Rugby of Flashman but a reputation for talebearing turns him overnight from hero into pariah. Just as the resulting persecution about convinces Tom and the audience that Rugby is the English equivalent of Devil's Island, his faith in Dr. Arnold, brooding over the school with the promise of a better day, is rewarded...