The Railway Children

1970 · 109 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 5,972 VOTES · DIR. Lionel Jeffries

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Overview

After the enforced absence of their father, the three Waterbury children move with their mother to Yorkshire, where they find themselves involved in several unexpected dramas along the railway by their new home.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,226 lines

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00:02:37 'We were not the Railway Children to begin with.
00:06:29 What a wreck!
00:13:14 Now it's bed time, my darlings.
00:17:03 you'll go where your precious father's gone, so I tell you straight.
00:22:24 She's taken the money and not left us any food.
00:27:34 Why is it going so slowly, Mr Perks?
00:32:11 It's all right Pete, at least we can burn the evidence.
00:36:14 Thank you, Mr Perks.
00:40:36 and I shall tell him that I didn't approve.
00:46:08 Happy birthday! Hey, happy birthday!
00:50:10 I'm sure he hasn't done anything like you're sent to prison for.
00:53:55 Well he wrote a book about it all
00:59:31 - Stop! - Stop!
01:04:44 - Right away, Mr Mitchell. - Thank you, Mr Perks.
01:08:55 Mother gave it to me for my birthday.
01:11:44 - Oh, thank you. - Of course.
01:15:04 - Well here's a pretty set out. - It's your birthday tea, Bert.
01:17:58 when they gave us the things with the people's names on.
01:20:53 Now go to sleep all of you and not another word.
01:26:04 Do you remember the day those two men took Daddy away?
01:31:06 - Don't worry, Phyl. I'll protect you. - I don't like it.
01:35:34 Now they'll come down.
01:38:44 'The house became a hospital. '
01:43:11 Mm, sometimes Roberta, you're so like me.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,226
Dialogue density11.2 lines / min
First line00:02:37
Final line01:43:11

Production Record

DirectorLionel Jeffries
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes5,972