Information
- BFI identifier42377
- Date1970 (Copyright)
1970-12-27 (Release) - Production countryUnited Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisStory concerns a well-to-do family whose life is turned upside down when the father is unjustly jailed. The family, to save money, go to live on the Yorkshire moors and adapt to village life. The nearby railway becomes the centre of their activities. (Synopsis)
- Work historyThe end credits include the following statement: 'The producers wish to thank The Keighley and Worth Valley Railway and the People of Yorkshire for their co-operation in the making of this picture'
- Genre
- Subject
- CreditsDirected by: Lionel Jeffries
©: E.M.I. Film Productions Limited
Production Company: EMI Film Productions Limited
view all - CastMiss Dinah Sheridan (mother)
Mr Bernard Cribbins (Mr Perks)
Mr William Mervyn (old gentleman)
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Title
The Railway Children (Original)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/4C49-B06A-5454-8F1C-E42A-SCategory
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
This work is available to view in the Mediatheque at BFI Southbank.
- Collections
- Film / Video
- Scripts / DocumentsScript - Original story: Based on the novel by E. Nesbit - SCR-14859
Script - Original story: Based on the novel by E. Nesbit - SCR-14860
Script - Original story: Based on the novel by E. Nesbit - SCR-14861
Ephemera: publicity - PBS-42377
Ephemera: publicity - PBM-42377
Medium and small pressbooks held. For examle of programme see CINEMA EPHEMERA: REGIONS (Ramsgate King's Theatre).
view all - Posters / DesignsPoster: film - Single Sheet, Landscape - PD-9323
Poster: film - Single sheet portrait - PD-9324
Poster: film - Single sheet landscape - PD-14514
Poster: film - Single sheet portrait - PD-14515
Poster: film - Single sheet landscape - PD-14516
view all - StillsPhotograph: print - Portrait - Black and White - bfi-00n-c1g
Photograph: transparency - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00o-3s9
Photograph: transparency - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00o-3s8
Photograph: transparency - Portrait - Colour - bfi-00n-0fh
Photograph: transparency - Landscape - Colour - bfi-00m-w6f
view all - Articles
- Digital documentsBFI Southbank Programme Notes May 2019
available to view in BFI Reuben Library
- +The Railway Children
Work - 42377 - 1970 (Copyright)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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