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In 'The Railway Children' three Edwardian children travel with their mother to live by a railway in Yorkshire, when their father is wrongly imprisoned as a spy. Based on the novel by Edith Nesbit. Read more

Starring	Jenny Agutter, Dinah Sheridan, Bernard Cribbins, William Mervyn
Director	Lionel Jeffries, Claude Whatham
Genres	Drama, Family

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  Two Great Classics
  
  This is the original film of The Railway Children and is so good, and still in excellent condition technically, one wonders why they bothered with the recent, ... read more »
  
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  - CyberDan
  - London
  - 04 Feb 2004 at 10:57
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  Quite sweet
  
  Lots of people say this is one of their all time favourites but I, strangely, had never seen it till now. It's quite sweet: the story of three children ... read more »
  
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- - Gray
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  - 15 Sep 2011 at 16:52
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  Excellent Film
  
  This was an excellent family film. My 8 year old daughter loved it and it was just as good as i remembered!
  
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- - don123
  - 5 reviews
  - norwich
  - 23 Oct 2010 at 09:43
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  Perfectly on track
  
  From a more innocent time comes this utter delight of a children's film. Set in 1905, a small family decamps to the Yorkshire countryside when their father ... read more »
  
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- - RJNeb2
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  - London
  - 11 Sep 2010 at 13:11
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  The Railway Children - Blu-Ray Version
  
  This review is on the 2010 Blu-Ray version which, frankly, seems to have been done on the cheap. Yes, I would rate the film as very good but Blu-Ray quality not... read more »
  
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- - DaveCheltenham
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  - Cheltenham
  - 12 May 2010 at 09:09
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  Dated, but still charming
  
  Somehow, i'd managed to avoid ever watching this in its entirety during my childhood. The feel is now decidedly dated and not just in its setting, but it ... read more »
  
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- - Tonyotim
  - 20 reviews
  - Edinburgh
  - 14 Oct 2009 at 09:16
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  Fab film for children
  
  My 6 year old daughter screams her way through most modern kids films but loved this classic.
  
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- - olliesmum
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  - Maidstone
  - 08 Jun 2009 at 12:40
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  The Railway Children
  
  Just love this film, a classic can never tire of watching it.
  
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  - Grimsby
  - 01 May 2009 at 10:13
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  fantastic!
  
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  My mum recommended this film to me as one of the best films she watched as a child. I must admit I was pleasantly surprised! This film has a feel good movie and... read more »
  
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- - cookiemonstarr
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  - kent, UK
  - 18 Feb 2009 at 14:33
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  The Railway Children
  
  Brilliant, I saw this as a youngster and loved the film. It is just an all time classic film that all the family can watch and enjoy.
  
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  - Crook
  - 03 Feb 2009 at 09:45
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  The Railway Children
  
  Absolutely loved this TV remake. Jemima Rooper fabulous as Bobby and Jenny Agutter does a good job as Mother although not as good as Dinah Sheridan. Must have... read more »
  
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  - 16 Jan 2009 at 17:37
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  Two Great Classics
  
  This is the original film of The Railway Children and is so good, and still in excellent condition technically, one wonders why they bothered with the recent, ... read more »
  
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  - CyberDan
  - London
  - 04 Feb 2004 at 10:57
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  You can't go wrong...
  
  Two classic adaptations of two classic children's stories are combined on this superb DVD. It is amazing that neither film has lost anything of the magic ... read more »
  
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  - 19 Jan 2004 at 08:16
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  The Old Ones Are The Best
  
  I wonder why the government haven't cottoned on that if all children's viewing was of this quality we could de-boganise the whole country within a ... read more »
  
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  - Cornwall
  - 09 Sep 2005 at 19:16
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  Classic childrens' adventure
  
  Both 'The Railway Children' and 'Swallows and Amazons' are in colour and hardly show their age. Both films are based very closely on the ... read more »
  
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  - Cardiff, Wales.
  - 13 Jun 2005 at 11:32
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  Ageless entertainment
  
  I loved both these films as a kid and wanted to try my kids on them. They loved both films (and so did I, again).
  
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- - Richard
  - Northampton
  - 26 Sep 2005 at 17:57
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  Dated, but still charming
  
  Somehow, i'd managed to avoid ever watching this in its entirety during my childhood. The feel is now decidedly dated and not just in its setting, but it ... read more »
  
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- - Tonyotim
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  - 14 Oct 2009 at 09:16
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  excellent
  
  my grand kids loved this one, anotherv brilliant adaptation of the novel.
  
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  - 30 May 2005 at 02:09
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  Very enjoyable
  
  Mum and daughter really liked the railway children (especially Mum).
  
  Had never heard of swallows and Amazons, and our daughter thought it looked as ... read more »
  
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  - 02 Oct 2006 at 17:29
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  The kids loved it ., . .
  
  The kids loved it absolutely loved both films, and were entranced by it - each of the half-dozen times they watched them (both).
  
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- - RobboRobbo
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  - 08 Jun 2005 at 12:04
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  Brilliant, if old-fashioned
  
  Swallows And Amazons;
  
  Brilliant, if old-fashioned, family film, especially if you have enjoyed the book. Both this and the 'Railway Children'... read more »
  
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- - caroline12
  - Kent
  - 13 Sep 2005 at 16:11

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  British character actor Lionel Jeffries both directed THE RAILWAY CHILDREN and adapted its screenplay from the novel by E. Nesbit. Dinah Sheridan plays the mother of three children who must live in reduced circumstances when her husband (Ian Cuthbertson), a government official, is arrested on a ...

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  In 'The Railway Children' three Edwardian children travel with their mother to live by a railway in Yorkshire, when their father is wrongly imprisoned as a spy. Based on the novel by Edith Nesbit....