The Railway Children

After the enforced absence of their father, the three Waterbury children move with their mother to Yorkshire, where they find themselves involved in several unexpected dramas along the railway by their new home.

Cast

Dinah Sheridan

Dinah Sheridan

as Mrs. Waterbury

Bernard Cribbins

Bernard Cribbins

as Albert Perks

William Mervyn

William Mervyn

as Old Gentleman

Iain Cuthbertson

Iain Cuthbertson

as Charles Waterbury

Jenny Agutter

Jenny Agutter

as Roberta 'Bobbie' Waterbury

Sally Thomsett

Sally Thomsett

as Phyllis Waterbury

Gary Warren

Gary Warren

as Peter Waterbury

Peter Bromilow

Peter Bromilow

as Doctor

Ann Lancaster

Ann Lancaster

as Ruth

Gordon Whiting

Gordon Whiting

as Russian

Reviews

John Chard

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...

Peter McGinn

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 ...

CinemaSerf

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...

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