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The Railway Children 1970

Lionel Jeffries | 1970 | 109 MINS
UK
After the enforced absence of their father, three children move with their mother to Yorkshire, where, during their adventures, they attempt to discover the reason for his disappearance.

In Detail

After Charles Waterbury is imprisoned on false charges of selling state secrets, his wife must move to a small house near a railway station.

The Waterbury children – Bobbie, Phyllis and Peter -- occupy themselves watching the trains, even befriending a gentleman who frequents the station. When the children discover what has happened to their father, their new friend provides key assistance.

Directed by Lionel Jeffries, this adaptation of E Nesbit's much-loved novel is simply the finest children's film ever made in this country and bound to whet your appetite for ‘The Railway Children Return’.

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