The Railway Children is a 1970 British drama film based on the 1906 novel of the same name by E. Nesbit. The film was directed by Lionel Jeffries and stars Dinah Sheridan, Jenny Agutter, Sally Thomsett and Bernard Cribbins in leading roles. The Waterburys are an affluent family who live in a luxurious Edwardian villa in the suburbs of London. Charles Waterbury, the patriarch, works at the Foreign Office, but is arrested on suspicion of being a spy.
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The Railway Children is a 1970 British drama film based on the 1906 novel of the same name by E. Nesbit. The film was directed by Lionel Jeffries and stars Dinah Sheridan, Jenny Agutter, Sally Thomsett and Bernard Cribbins in leading roles. The Waterburys are an affluent family who live in a luxurious Edwardian villa in the suburbs of London. Charles Waterbury, the patriarch, works at the Foreign Office, but is arrested on suspicion of being a spy. The family become impoverished and are forced to move to a house called ‘Three Chimneys’ in Yorkshire, which is near Oakworth railway station. The children become friends with Albert Perks, the station porter, and with an elderly gentleman who regularly takes the 9: 15 train. They secretly ask for gifts from the villagers that he has helped in the past and deliver the gifts to his house. One day, while watching the railway tracks, they notice that there has been a landslide which has partially obstructed the tracks. They fashion their red petticoats into flags which they use to warn the driver of the impending danger. The train stops due to their warning. The railway company and villagers hold a party for the children and thank them for their actions. The children are given personalised engraved watches and are dubbed ‘the Railway Children’ The entire cast break the fourth wall and perform a fourth wall break as the credits roll.
The camera moves slowly along a railway track which is decked in flags in front of which is all of the cast are assembled, waving to the camera. The cast are then exonerated and the family are reunited. They return to ‘Three chimneys’ to greet their father, who has just been released from prison after being falsely convicted of selling state secrets. The movie was released to cinemas in the United Kingdom on 21 December 1970. It was his directorial debut and he was also responsible for writing the screenplay for the film. The Railway Children turned out to be a critical success, both at the time of its release and in later years. It was also a box office success and was a major box office hit in the UK in the 1970s and 1980s. It is still being shown in cinemas around the world today and is available on DVD and Blu-ray. It has also been released in the U.S. and Canada in the last few years of this year and has sold more than 1.5 million copies in North America and in Australia and Canada. It also has a strong following on the internet, with more than 100,000 shares on Amazon.com and over 1,000,000 views on Facebook. For more information on how to buy a copy of the book, visit www.amazon.com/The-Railway-Children-The Railway Children and the-Movie-The-Movie The Movie Home And The Home-And-The Film Home.
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