The Railway Children
1970 · 1h 49m · Drama, Family · United Kingdom · Rated G (US)
The railway, the children... and the wonderful secret they'll share with you!
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.
Directed by
Lionel JeffriesBased on the novel by
Edith Nesbit6.4Smart score
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1900schildren's perspectivescountrysidefamily relationshipsfathermissing personnorthern englandrailway carrailway stationrural areateenage girlyorkshire
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