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Tea and Sympathy is a american film of genre Drama directed by Vincente Minnelli released in USA on 27 september 1956 with Deborah Kerr
Tea and Sympathy (1956)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 27 september 1956
Length 2h2
Directed by Vincente Minnelli
OriginUSA
Themes Films about sexuality, Théâtre, LGBT-related films, Films based on plays, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Rating72%
Tea and Sympathy (1956) is an adaptation of Robert Anderson's 1953 stage play directed by Vincente Minnelli and produced by Pandro S. Berman for MGM in Metrocolor. The music score was by Adolph Deutsch and the cinematography by John Alton. Deborah Kerr, Leif Erickson, and John Kerr re-created their original stage roles. Also in the cast were Edward Andrews, Darryl Hickman, Norma Crane, Tom Laughlin, and Dean Jones.
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Seventeen-year-old Tom Robinson Lee (John Kerr), a new senior at a boy's prep school, finds himself at odds with the machismo culture of his class in which the other boys love sports, roughhouse, fantasize about girls, and worship their coach, Bill Reynolds (Leif Erickson). Tom prefers classical music, reads Candide, goes to the theater, and generally seems to be more at ease in the company of women.Actors
Deborah Kerr
(Laura Reynolds)
Leif Erickson
(Bill Reynolds)
John Kerr
(Tom Robinson Lee)
Darryl Hickman
(Al)
Edward Andrews
(Herb Lee)
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