
The Railway Children
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- Year:
- 1970
- 109 min
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We were not
the Railway Children to begin with.
I don't suppose we even thought
about railways
except as a means of getting
to the theatre and the zoo.
We were just ordinary
suburban children
and we lived
with Father and Mother
in an ordinary
with coloured glass
in the front door...
Come on.
... a tiled passage
that was called a hall
and big fires
in big fireplaces.
We even had a gas fire
in the breakfast room
and a servant's bell board.
In fact,
every modern convenience.
Chins up!
There we three of us.
Now let's arrange your pretty hair.
That's me, I'm Roberta.
They call me Bobbie,
sometimes Lanky.
I'm the eldest, worst luck.
That's Phyllis, who means well.
And that's Peter,
who wants to be an engineer.
And don't forget
Watch the birdie.
Mother did not spend all her time
paying dull calls to dull ladies
and sitting dully at home waiting
for dull ladies to pay calls on her.
She was always there,
with us.
We had a father
who was just perfect.
Her light's growing dim
and if it goes out, then she's dead.
She says she would be get well again
if children believed in fairies.
- Do you believe in fairies?
- Yes.
That's not loud enough.
Do you believe in fairies?
Yes!
It's still not loud enough.
Do you believe in fairies?
YES!
Yes, I certainly do!
Mmm, it smells gorgeous.
It's fabulous,
absolutely fabulous.
Now altogether... one, two, three.
Well done!
Happy Christmas!
I love you.
You will think that we ought
to have been very happy
and we were but we did not know
how happy
till the pretty life at Edgecombe Villa
was over and done with
and we had to live
a very different life indeed.
Peter my boy, come here.
Dad... it's perfect.
It's more perfect
than any one could ever dream of.
Thank you, Dad.
The dreadful change
came quite suddenly.
You heaving brute!
And that was the last we saw
of poor Potts.
What a wreck!
- Is there any hope?
- Hope?
Of course, it'll want hope yes,
and a new valve.
I'll tell you what, I'll give up
Saturday afternoon to it.
Yes, and you can help me.
I hate doing a job like this
especially at Christmas.
Who on earth is that?
An Englishman's house is his castle, but
I wish they had moats and drawbridges!
Come in.
Yes?
Please, sir. There are two gentlemen
wish to see you.
I've shown them into the study, sir,
I hope that was all right?
Excuse me.
I wish we did have
a moat and drawbridge.
Then if we didn't want anyone to...
so preposterous. When? Who?
- Why's Daddy shouting?
- I don't know, dear.
Come in.
Yes, Ruth?
What is it?
Please, ma'am, the Master wants you
to just step into the study.
Look, I'm not going to say a thing!
Come in.
I will not!
All right, cabby,
Scotland Yard.
It's bed-time.
Ruth will put you to bed.
But you promised we could stay up late.
Daddy was going to play with us.
Father's been
called away... on business.
Go up at once darlings, please.
It wasn't bad news,
was it, Mummy?
Is anyone dead or...
Oh, no, nobody's dead.
I can't tell you anything about it tonight.
Up you go.
Well, good night then.
Ruth!
What's up?
Ask me no questions
and I'll tell you no lies.
You'll know soon enough.
- Phyl?
- Yes.
If Mother doesn't want us to know
she's been crying then we won't know.
- That's all.
- All right.
She's gone into London,
that's all I know.
Now just you eat up.
Some dire calamity's happening,
I just know it.
Good evening, Mrs Waterbury.
- Good evening, ma'am.
- Good evening, Sally.
Oh, it's so cold!
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