The Railway Children

Dec 21, 1970

1h 49m

★ 6.7

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.

Genres

Drama

Family

Production Companies

EMI Films

The Railway Children Trailers

Cast

Mrs. Waterbury

Dinah Sheridan

Albert Perks

Bernard Cribbins

Old Gentleman

William Mervyn

Charles Waterbury

Iain Cuthbertson

Roberta 'Bobbie' Waterbury

Jenny Agutter

Phyllis Waterbury

Sally Thomsett

Peter Waterbury

Gary Warren

Doctor

Peter Bromilow

Ruth

Ann Lancaster

Russian

Gordon Whiting

Aunt Emma

Beatrix Mackey

Bandmaster

David Lodge

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