Directed by:
Vincente MinnelliCinematography:
John AltonComposer:
Adolph DeutschCast:
Deborah Kerr, John Kerr, Leif Erickson, Edward Andrews, Darryl Hickman, Norma Crane, Dean Jones, Jacqueline deWit, Tom Laughlin, Peter Miller, Mike Lally (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
Broadway hit play about a sensitive prepschooler called "sister boy" by his peers, and the lovely housemaster's wife who realizes she must offer more than tea and sympathy to help the boy prove his manhood. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Deborah Kerr](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/469/162469525_8914c0.jpg)
Deborah Kerr
UK
Best movies:
Julius Caesar (1953)
From Here to Eternity (1953)
Trumbo (2015) - a.f.
![John Kerr](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/030/247/30247518_aadf92.jpg)
John Kerr
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Tea and Sympathy (1956)
![Leif Erickson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/030/247/30247517_d25691.jpg)
Leif Erickson
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
On the Waterfront (1954)
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
![Edward Andrews](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/948/157948881_bc8707.jpg)
Edward Andrews
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Avanti! (1972)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
![Darryl Hickman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274460_dccc92.jpg)
Darryl Hickman
USA
Best movies:
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
If I Were King (1938)
Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
![Norma Crane](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/364/364680_bd5b0a.jpg)
Norma Crane
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Tea and Sympathy (1956)
![Dean Jones](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/280/280903_c1a7ae.jpg)
Dean Jones
USA
Best movies:
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Tea and Sympathy (1956)
That Darn Cat! (1965)
![Jacqueline deWit](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/948/159948623_15019d.jpg)
Jacqueline deWit
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Spellbound (1945)
All That Heaven Allows (1955)
![Tom Laughlin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/127/186/127186516_414d17.jpg)
Tom Laughlin
USA
Best movies:
Tea and Sympathy (1956)
Voyage of the Damned (1976)
The Born Losers (1967)
Peter Miller
USA
Best movies:
Blackboard Jungle (1955)
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
Forbidden Planet (1956)
![Mike Lally](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/162/159162588_4b5fd8.jpg)
Mike Lally
USA
Best movies:
The Sting (1973)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
![Bert Stevens](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/256/159256255_85bf54.jpg)
Bert Stevens
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
![Paul Bryar](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/162/159162627_996bce.gif)
Paul Bryar
USA
Best movies:
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Vertigo (1958)
![Dale Van Sickel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/256/159256253_2fbf62.jpg)
Dale Van Sickel
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
![Harold Miller](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/975/160975967_38771f.jpg)
Harold Miller
USA
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Kip King
USA
Best movies:
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
Peyton Place (1957)
Tea and Sympathy (1956)
![Peter Leeds](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/935/159935846_e1b375.gif)
Peter Leeds
USA
Best movies:
Stalag 17 (1953)
Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)
The Devil's Disciple (1959) - narrator
![Sol Gorss](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/951/159951884_06170d.jpg)
Sol Gorss
USA
Best movies:
The Killing (1956)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
Spartacus (1960)
Steven Terrell
Best movies:
Tea and Sympathy (1956)
Posse from Hell (1961)
Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957)
Chuck Courtney
USA
Best movies:
El Dorado (1966)
Spartacus (1960)
The Lineup (1958)