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Tea and Sympathy
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7.0A sensitive young man recalls his time in boarding school when the only person who seemed compassionate towards him was his housemaster's wife.
Released: 1956-09-27122 minDir: Vincente MinnelliDramaBudget: $1.7MBox office: $3.4M
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Cast
- Deborah Kerr as Laura Reynolds
- John Kerr as Tom Robinson Lee
- Leif Erickson as Bill Reynolds
- Edward Andrews as Herb Lee
- Darryl Hickman as Al
- Norma Crane as Ellie Martin
Themes
- based on play or musical
- school
- high school student
- older woman younger man relationship
- lgbt
- preparatory school
- boys' school
- sister boy
- gay theme
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Ratings
IMDb
7.3/10
3,295 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
82%
- Year
- 1956
- Runtime
- 122 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award1 win & 2 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- LGBTQ-related film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Vincente Minnelli
- Screenwriter
- Robert Anderson
- Cast member
- Norma Crane
- Composer
- Adolph Deutsch
- Producer
- Pandro S. Berman
- Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Cinematographer
- John Alton
- Filming location
- Malibu
- Duration
- 122
- FilmAffinity ID
- 412128
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- ZumaBeachCountyPark.jpg
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- publication date
- 1956-10-06
- film editor
- Ferris Webster
- title
- Tea and Sympathy
- distributed by
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- costume designer
- Helen Rose
- review score
- 82%
- capital cost
- 1737000
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