The Railway Children(Movie, 1970)

Name: The Railway Children
Genre: Drama, Kids & Family, Comedy
Released: 1970
Duration: T01:49:00
Rating: 3.4

1h 49min | Genres: Drama, Kids & Family, Comedy

Rating: 3.4/5 (with 38 votes)

The Railway Children is a 1970 British family drama film based on the 1906 novel of the same name by E. Nesbit. The film was directed by Lionel Jeffries and stars Dinah Sheridan, Jenny Agutter (who had earlier featured in the BBC's 1968 dramatisation of the novel), Sally Thomsett, Gary Warren and Bernard Cribbins in leading roles. The film was released to cinemas in the United Kingdom on 21 December 1970. The film rights were bought by Jeffries. It was his directorial debut and he wrote the screenplay. The Railway Children was a critical success, both at time of release and in later years. ()

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About The Railway Children

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.

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Trailer for The Railway Children + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

2022 Re-Release Trailer(Trailer, 0:42)

2022 Re-Release Trailer (Trailer) | The Railway Children - Trailer (Trailer) | THE RAILWAY CHILDREN - 'Now and Then' Documentary (Featurette)

Additional Information

Production country: United Kingdom (UK)

Plays in: Yorkshire

Based on: "The Railway Children" (find it on Amazon)

Made by: EMI Films Ltd.

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN), French (FR)

Translated into 13 languages: Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Persian (FA), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 12/21/1970

Cast: Jenny Agutter, Gary Warren, Sally Thomsett, Dinah Sheridan, Bernard Cribbins, William Mervyn, Ann Lancaster, David Lodge, Iain Cuthbertson

Director: Lionel Jeffries

Producer: Robert Lynn

Screenwriter: Edith Nesbit

Director of Photography: Arthur Ibbetson

Composer: Johnny Douglas

Production Designer: John Clark

Keywords: family relationships, railway station, missing person, father, teenage girl, rural area, northern england, childrens perspectives, yorkshire, railway car, countryside