The Railway Children (1970)

G12/21/1970Drama, Family1h 49m
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The railway, the children... and the wonderful secret they'll share with you!

Overview

After the enforced absence of their father, the three Waterbury children move with their mother to Yorkshire, where they find themselves involved in several unexpected dramas along the railway by their new home.

Top Billed Cast

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    Dinah Sheridan

    Mrs. Waterbury

  2. Cast 1

    Bernard Cribbins

    Albert Perks

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    William Mervyn

    Old Gentleman

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    Iain Cuthbertson

    Charles Waterbury

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    Jenny Agutter

    Roberta 'Bobbie' Waterbury

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    Sally Thomsett

    Phyllis Waterbury

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    Gary Warren

    Peter Waterbury

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    Peter Bromilow

    Doctor

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    Ann Lancaster

    Ruth

It's like we're in a besieged castle, the arrows of the foe striking against the battlements. Adapted from E. Nesbit's much adored novel, this filmic version is directed by Lionel Jeffries and stars Dinah Sheridan, Bernard Cribbins, William Mervyn, Iain Cuthbertson, Jenny Agutter, Sally Thomsett and Gary Warren. Music is by Johnny Douglas and cinematography by Arthur Ibbetson. Rightly thought of as a British classic, story finds three children relocating to Yorkshire after their father has wrongly been imprisoned for treason. Trying to go about their fatherless life in this small Yorksh...