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The Railway Children

The railway, the children... and the wonderful secret they'll share with you!

6.7(109)19701h 49m2

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.

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Status
Released
Budget
$375K
Box office
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Language
French
Part of The Railway Children Collection · 2 films
  • northern england
  • countryside
  • father
  • railway car
  • family relationships
  • yorkshire
  • rural area
  • teenage girl
  • missing person
  • railway station
  • children's perspectives
  • 1900s

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United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalG28 Oct 1971
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalU21 Dec 1970
    • Theatrical (limited)URe-Release3 Jul 2022
  • IrelandIE

    • TheatricalG1 Jan 1971
  • NetherlandsNL

    • PhysicalALDVD5 Aug 2009
    • PhysicalALBlu ray30 Apr 2010

Frequently asked questions

The Railway Children was released on 21 December 1970.

Audience reviews

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    John Chard

    1/5/2020

    9/10

    It'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 Mervyn, Iain Cuthbertson, Jenny Agutter, Sally Thomsett and Gary Warren. Music is by Johnny Douglas and cinematography by Arthur Ibbetson. Rightly thought of as a British c…

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    Peter McGinn

    3/28/2022

    8/10

    A 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 subtle with a witty line or childlike observation. I also thought Bernard Cribbins did a wonderful job as Perks, crusty on the surface, but only on the surface, and full of …

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    CinemaSerf

    6/3/2023

    7/10

    A 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 new life making friends as they go. Bernard Cribbins steals this as the permanently chirpy station porter “Mr. Perks" (and Deddie Davies as his long-suffering wife); Willia…

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