The Railway Children (film)
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| The Railway Children | |
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| Directed by | Lionel Jeffries |
| Produced by | Robert Lynn |
| Written by | Lionel Jeffries |
| Narrated by | Jenny Agutter |
| Starring | Jenny Agutter Gary Warren Sally Thomsett Dinah Sheridan Bernard Cribbins |
| Music by | Johnny Douglas |
| Cinematography | Arthur Ibbetson |
| Editing by | Teddy Darvas |
| Distributed by | MGM-EMI |
| Release date(s) | 21 December 1970 |
| Running time | 109 minutes |
| Country | UK |
| Language | English |
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The Railway Children is a 1970 British film based on the novel by E. Nesbit. The film was the directorial debut of actor Lionel Jeffries, who also wrote the screenplay.
After the successful BBC dramatisation of the novel in the 1960s, the film rights were bought by Lionel Jeffries. The Keighley and Worth Valley Railway and its station at Oakworth provided the backdrop for the film.
[edit] Trivia
- In 1999, the BFI named it as 66th in its list of the Top 100 British films.
- In 2004 the magazine Total Film named it the 46th greatest British film of all time.
- A voice can be heard shouting "Thank you Mr Forbes" as an acknowledgement to Bryan Forbes who put up a security for the film to be completed.
