The Railway Children (1970)

UK:: U US:: G Comedy Drama Family

The Waterbury family are completely happy until mysterious men take their father away and they have to move up to Yorkshire without him. The three open-hearted children soon make many friends including their Old Gentleman whom they regularly wave to on his morning train journey. Bobbie, the eldest girl, makes contact with him to try and get help for the problems they are facing. Meanwhile the children find themselves involved in several unexpected dramas on the railway

Updated May 11 2020

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Runtime: 109 mins Rating: 6.8 Tag Line: The Railway, the Children . . . and the wonderful secret they'll share with you !

Cast

Erik Chitty

Photographer

Jenny Agutter

Roberta 'Bobbie' Waterbury

Sally Thomsett

Phyllis Waterbury

Bernard Cribbins

Albert Perks

William Mervyn

Old Gentleman

Peter Bromilow

Doctor

Iain Cuthbertson

Charles Waterbury

David Lodge

Bandmaster