Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Age rating
- G
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
The story
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.
- northern england
- countryside
- father
- railway car
- family relationships
- yorkshire
- rural area
- teenage girl
- missing person
- railway station
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Dinah Sheridan
Mrs. Waterbury
Bernard Cribbins
Albert Perks
William Mervyn
Old Gentleman
Iain Cuthbertson
Charles Waterbury
- Jenny Agutter — Roberta 'Bobbie' Waterbury
- Sally Thomsett — Phyllis Waterbury
- Gary Warren — Peter Waterbury
- Peter Bromilow — Doctor
- Ann Lancaster — Ruth
- Gordon Whiting — Russian
- Beatrix Mackey — Aunt Emma
- David Lodge — Bandmaster
- Deddie Davies — Mrs Perks
- Christopher Witty — Jim
- Brenda Cowling — Mrs Viney
- Directed
- Lionel Jeffries
- Written
- Robert Lynn, Lionel Jeffries
Production
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 · 103 ratings
- Studio
- EMI Films
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1970 · You’re hereThe Railway Children
Where it starts.
The Railway Children Return
2022
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
