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Jenny Agutter
Roberta 'Bobbie' Waterbury
Sheridan Smith
Annie Waterbury
Tom Courtenay
Uncle Walter
Beau Gadsdon
Lily Watts
KJ Aikens
Abe
Austin Haynes
Thomas Waterbury
Eden Hamilton
Pattie Watts
Zac Cudby
Ted Watts
John Bradley
Richard Perks
Hugh Quarshie
General Harrison
Hannah Wood
Miss Eckersley
Oscar Wallwork
Jimmy
Neil Hurst
Teacher
Jessica Baglow
Angela
Joseph Richards
Georgie Duckworth
Thomas Flynn
Pox
Jacqueline Rodgers
Miss Wills
Max Duane
Military Policeman Hartley
Gabriel Frielich
Military Policeman Rouse
Eddie Caswell
Station Master
Elliot Benn
Policeman
Andrew Ellis
Second Policeman
George Webster
George the Telegram Boy
Philip Gascoyne
Rail Passenger (uncredited)
Joanne James
Teacher (uncredited)

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Fri Jul 22 2022

Whilst I certainly felt a twinge of nostalgia whilst watching this film, I did wonder just why it was made. The original Lionel Jeffries film (1970) had a charm to it that was as much about a sense of "Britishness" and was simple, thoughtful and engaging. This latter day effort has a darker storyline that though certainly worth telling, doesn't really fit with the overall slightly lethargic timbre of the plot. A family of kids are evacuated from the bombing-prone Manchester to a small village in Yorkshire where they are adopted - after a process that seemed very random and quite risky for the e...