Brother Rat (1938)
October 29, 1938Release Date
Brother Rat (1938)
October 29, 1938Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
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
Jessie Busley
Mrs. Brooks
William Keighley
Director
Richard Macaulay
Writer
Olin Howland
Slim
Jerry Wald
Writer
Louise Beavers
Jenny
John Monks Jr.
Writer
Isabel Withers
Nurse
Allan Cavan
Superintendant
Fred F. Finklehoffe
Writer
Jerry Cecil
Cadet
Ernest Haller
Cinematographer
William Holmes
Editor
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Brother Rat is a 1938 American comedy drama film about cadets at Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia, directed by William Keighley, and starring Ronald Reagan, Priscilla Lane, Eddie Albert (in his film debut), Jane Wyman, and Wayne Morris.
The film is 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 from the stage productions.After the film's production, Reagan married Wyman in 1940. 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.