This would be one of the movies when as children. All of us siblings would be sitting in the sofa together to watch it on television.
As an actor Lionel Jeffries had made Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
The Railway Children was his directorial debut. He cast Jenny Agutter as Bobbie who had played the same role on the BBC television series.
Bobbie, Phyllis (Sally Thomsett) and Peter (Gary F Warren) had an idyllic middle class upbringing in London. Their father worked in the Foreign Office.
One evening he is arrested for spying but the children are unaware of the reasons.
The children and their distraught mother, now in reduced circumstances move to a railway village in Yorkshire.
They have adventures near the steam railway line. They become friendly with Perks the porter (Bernard Cribbins) and an old gentleman (William Mervyn) who goes past regularly on a train.
During their time. They come across a Russian exile, prevent a terrible accident after a landslide and help out a boy injured on the railway line.
Set in Edwardian Britain of 1905. It is an age of intrigue which results in their father's arrest. It is also an age of innocence, the kids have their own adventures and befriend strangers.
The story might now look slight and episodic. It is just full of charm. This is the epitome of a feel good family movie.
As an actor Lionel Jeffries had made Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
The Railway Children was his directorial debut. He cast Jenny Agutter as Bobbie who had played the same role on the BBC television series.
Bobbie, Phyllis (Sally Thomsett) and Peter (Gary F Warren) had an idyllic middle class upbringing in London. Their father worked in the Foreign Office.
One evening he is arrested for spying but the children are unaware of the reasons.
The children and their distraught mother, now in reduced circumstances move to a railway village in Yorkshire.
They have adventures near the steam railway line. They become friendly with Perks the porter (Bernard Cribbins) and an old gentleman (William Mervyn) who goes past regularly on a train.
During their time. They come across a Russian exile, prevent a terrible accident after a landslide and help out a boy injured on the railway line.
Set in Edwardian Britain of 1905. It is an age of intrigue which results in their father's arrest. It is also an age of innocence, the kids have their own adventures and befriend strangers.
The story might now look slight and episodic. It is just full of charm. This is the epitome of a feel good family movie.