

Tea and Sympathy
Where does a woman's sympathy leave off -- and her indiscretion begin?
A sensitive young man recalls his time in boarding school when the only person who seemed compassionate towards him was his housemaster's wife.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $1.7M
- Box office
- $3.4M
- Language
- English
- based on play or musical
- school
- high school student
- older woman younger man relationship
- lgbt
- preparatory school
- boys' school
- sister boy
- gay theme
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalNew York City, New York27 Sept 1956
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical3 Oct 1957
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Tea and Sympathy was released on 27 September 1956.
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CinemaSerf
7/12/2026
Initially, I thought that John Kerr looked just a bit too old to convince as the seventeen year old "Tom" but as his character unfolds in front of us, I concluded that actually his extra years helped him to add quite a degree of maturity to a role that proves a lot more complex than the title might suggest. He arrives at his new all-boys school and, like any newbie, is on the periphery of it's community. Luckily, he …
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