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The Railway Children 108 minutes, United Kingdom (1970), U
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Jenny Agutter and Bernard Cribbins star in this enduring adaptation of E Nesbit's classic children's story. After their father disappears, three Edwardian children move to the country where the local railway becomes a source of hope and adventure

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The Railway Children: A sweet and innocent reminder of what children's films used to be like and, a little less innocently perhaps, the film that launched Jenny Agutter's career as England's poshest pin-up, The Railway Children has endured extremely well...
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