A Yank at Oxford (1938)
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A Yank at Oxford was filmed in England at MGM's "sister studio", Elstree. Robert Taylor plays Lee Sheridan, an arrogant young American scholar/athlete who intends to show the "Brits" a thing or two while attending Oxford University. His abrasive attitude grates against the… More A Yank at Oxford was filmed in England at MGM's "sister studio", Elstree. Robert Taylor plays Lee Sheridan, an arrogant young American scholar/athlete who intends to show the "Brits" a thing or two while attending Oxford University. His abrasive attitude grates against the Oxonian students, who retaliate by subjecting Sheridan to a rather humiliating hazing. Romance enters the picture in the form of Molly Beaumont (Maureen O'Sullivan), the sister of Sheridan's chief academic rival Paul Beaumont (Griffith Jones). When Paul faces disgrace over a breach of student ethics, Sheridan nobly shoulders the blame, simultaneously endangering his own future at Oxford and proving that he's really a "right guy" underneath. All is forgiven during the annual rowing competition against Cambridge, with Sheridan coming through in jolly good fashion. Cast as campus vamp Elsa Craddock is the stunningly beautiful Vivien Leigh, still two years away from Gone With the Wind. A Yank at Oxford was remade in 1984 as Oxford Blues, and mercilessly lampooned by Laurel & Hardy in 1940's A Chump at Oxford. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Jack Conway
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Feb 18, 1938 Wide
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Cast
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Robert Taylor
as Lee Sheridan
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Lionel Barrymore
as Dan Sheridan
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Maureen O'Sullivan
as Molly Beaumont
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Vivien Leigh
as Elsa Craddock
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Edmund Gwenn
as The Dean
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Griffith Jones
as Paul Beaumont
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C.V. France
as Dean Snodgrass
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Edward Rigby
as Scatters
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Morton Selten
as Cecil Davidson
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Claude Gillingwater
as Ben Dalton
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Tully Marshall
as Cephas
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Walter Kingsford
as Dean Williams
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Robert Coote
as Wavertree
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Peter Croft
as Ramsey
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Noel Howlett
as Tom Craddock
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Edmund Breon
as Capt. Wavertree
- Anthony Hulme
- Jon Pertwee
- Sid Saylor
- Ronald Shiner
- Kenneth Villiers
- John Warwick
- Richard Wattis
- Doodles Weaver
- John Varley
