Story Line
At the dawn of the 20th century, following their father's arrest on suspicion of betraying state secrets, the three Waterbury children—Bobbie, Phyllis and Peter—move with their mother to Yorkshire, where they find themselves involved in unexpected dramas along the railway by their new home.
“The railway, the children... and the wonderful secret they'll share with you!”
Top Cast
Dinah Sheridan
Mrs. Waterbury
Bernard Cribbins
Albert Perks
William Mervyn
Old Gentleman
Iain Cuthbertson
Charles Waterbury
Jenny Agutter
Roberta 'Bobbie' Waterbury
Sally Thomsett
Phyllis Waterbury
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Rating
6.7/ 10
Release Date
1970-12-21
Runtime
1h 49m
Genres
DramaFamily
Part of the Series
The Railway Children Collection
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User Reviews (3)
John Chard
9/10
•1/5/2020It'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 Mervy...
Peter McGinn
8/10
•3/28/2022A film version of another one of those children's classic novels from the early 20th century. The younger actors from necessity need to carry a movie like this, and I thought they did a grand job. They don’t overact much at all, and are sometimes sub...
CinemaSerf
7/10
•6/3/2023A well-to-do suburban family suddenly get a visitor one evening; their father is taken away and their lives turned topsy-turvy. They relocate to "Three Chimneys" a ramshackle house beside a railway line in Yorkshire where they slowly settle into a ne...