The comfortable lives of three Edwardian children are shattered when their father is arrested on suspicion of betraying state secrets. The children and their mother are forced to move to a modest cottage in the Yorkshire countryside, where their new lives centre around the local steam railway line.
Directed by
Lionel Jeffries
Written by
Lionel Jeffries (screenplay); E. Nesbit (novel).
Starring
Dinah Sheridan (Mrs. Waterbury (as Miss Dinah Sheridan)); Bernard Cribbins (Albert Perks (as Mr. Bernard Cribbins)); William Mervyn (Old Gentleman (as Mr. William Mervyn)); Iain Cuthbertson (Charles Waterbury (as Mr. Iain Cuthbertson)); Jenny Agutter (Bobbie Waterbury (as Miss Jenny Agutter)); Sally Thomsett (Phyllis Waterbury (as Miss Sally Thomsett)); Gary F. Warren (Peter Waterbury (as Master Gary Warren)); Peter Bromilow (Doctor Forrest); Ann Lancaster (Ruth); Gordon Whiting (Russian); Beatrix Mackey (Aunt Emma); Deddie Davies (Mrs. Nell Perks); David Lodge (Bandmaster); Christopher Witty (Jim); Brenda Cowling (Mrs. Hilda Viney). Please contact SFC to add other cast members and characters.
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