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Brother Rat is a american film of genre Comedy directed by William Keighley released in USA on 29 october 1938 with Priscilla Lane

Brother Rat (1938)

Brother Rat
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Released in USA 29 october 1938
Length 1h29
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy
Rating61% 3.098223.098223.098223.098223.09822

Brother Rat is a 1938 film about cadets at Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia, directed by William Keighley and starring Ronald Reagan, Priscilla Lane, Eddie Albert, Jane Wyman and Wayne Morris.

The film was an adaptation of the successful Broadway play of the same name written by two former VMI cadets, John Monks, Jr. and Fred Finklehoffe, which ran for 577 performances between December 1936 and April 1938. Albert and supporting actor William Tracy reprised their roles in the stage productions.

Brother Rat was Albert's film debut, and during filming Reagan met Wyman, whom he later married.

The title refers to the term used for cadets in their first year at the Institute. Scenes of the film were shot on site in Lexington on the Institute's historic Parade Ground, and the baseball game scene was filmed at Alumni Memorial Field.

Actors

Priscilla Lane

(Joyce Winfree)Ronald Reagan

(Dan Crawford)Wayne Morris

(Billy Randolph)Jane Wyman

(Claire Adams)Johnnie Davis

(A. Furman Towsend, Jr.)
And :
Jane Bryan
Eddie Albert
Henry O'Neill
Gordon Oliver
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