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Tea And Sympathy

1956, Movie, NR, 122 mins

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Watered-down version of a landmark Broadway play that dealt with alleged homosexuality and an older woman's desire to prove the machismo of the suspect young man. John Kerr is a married writer with three children who returns to his exclusive prep school in New England for a reunion. In a flashback to his troubled years at the school, we see that he is inept at every sport except tennis (which is regarded as a sissy pastime), which sets him apart from the other boys. He wear... read more leave a comment
Year: 1956
Rated NR

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Cast
Deborah Kerr: Laura Reynolds
John Kerr: Tom Robinson Lee
Leif Erickson: Bill Reynolds
Edward Andrews: Herb Lee
Darryl Hickman: Al
Norma Crane: Ellie Martin

 

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