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Brother Rat (1938)
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Release Date:
29 October 1938 (USA) morePlot:
Story of three buddies at the Virginia Military Institute. Cadet Bing Edwards is secretly married and soon to be a father. | add synopsisUser Comments:
fun fluff moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | Priscilla Lane | ... | Joyce Winfree |
| Wayne Morris | ... | Billy Randolph |
| Johnnie Davis | ... | A. Furman Towsend, Jr. |
| Jane Bryan | ... | Kate Rice |
| Eddie Albert | ... | 'Bing' Edwards |
 | Ronald Reagan | ... | Dan Crawford |
 | Jane Wyman | ... | Claire Adams |
| Henry O'Neill | ... | Colonel Ramm |
| Gordon Oliver | ... | Capt 'Lacedrawers' Rogers |
| Larry Williams | ... | Harley Harrington |
| William Tracy | ... | Misto Bottome (as William Tracey) |
| Jessie Busley | ... | Mrs. Brooks |
| Olin Howland | ... | Slim |
| Louise Beavers | ... | Jenny |
| Isabel Withers | ... | Nurse |
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Add content advisory for parentsRuntime:
89 min (Turner library print)Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishColor:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
MonoFilming Locations:
Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia, USAMOVIEmeter: 
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After this picture was completed, Ronald Reagan was made an honorary "Brother Rat" at Virginia Military Institute. moreSoundtrack:
You Go to My Head moreFAQ
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| I saw it on TCM recently and it is a good movie. | wtl471629 |
| 1938 Brother Rat Promotional Pin | FRANKIET2 |
| Reagan and Wyman | wbrainard |
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While this is far from a must-see film, it is a lot of fun. This is due to the intense energy in the movie and the cute chemistry between the cadets. Wayne Morris, Eddie Albert, Ronald Reagan, Priscilla Lane, Jane Wyman and the rest really try hard! While it is entertaining, I also must admit that this is a pretty insignificant film--fun to watch but not one to change your life. It's sort of like a really really good B-movie with a lot of up and coming actors. Plus, if you think about it, considering how young and inexperience these mostly future stars were, this is sort of like a YOUNG GUNS movie of the late 1930s. A cute time-passer.